carrots

bluestone

small query from a novice - at least 2 of these are going to seed & maybe a few more. does this affect the taste of the carrots or their size?

Supercell

The ones going to seed will be tiny and tough, pull them, they are just taking nutrients from the soil for the other ones.

hughjohn

Some varieties are more prone to this than others but as previous poster said pull em out and chuck in compost . They will be inedible to humans , but I give em to the horses.

Oldtree

Off topic I know, but just yesterday my son (7) pulled up his first few carrots that he had grown in a pot and ate them raw. He was delighted, as was I, as I grew my first carrots in a quality street tin with mud when I was 7. They were small, as were mine.

I do not grow carrots normally as they never come right for me, so next year I would appreciate some advice to help continue his interest in growing "bigger carrots" preferably in pots.

Technophobe

Why pots? Means you will have to keep watered a lot....(especially based on a summer like this and last one)
I just sow them at start of June when ground has warmed up, cover them with fleece and walk away for 3 months....:)

Oldtree

I grow all my plants in the pollytunnel in pots. When I tried to grow carrots outside they failed and as I did not want my sons crop to fail I encouraged him to grow them in the polytunnel. We started them off in trays.

There was no extra work in keeping his pots watered. I use trays under the pots to ensure there is always water available and a reservoir available and the trays only need filling every 3-4 days.