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Scutch grass attacking carrots?

Igotadose · 2022-08-30 16:00:21

I pulled an otherwise healthy carrot today, and it had been 'speared' by something underground. I have every weed imaginable around and scutch grass is everywhere; could it have poked the carrot when the carrot was younger? I don't think it affected the carrot much, it's as big as other unpoked one. Carrot with something…

30-08-2022 4:00pm

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I pulled an otherwise healthy carrot today, and it had been 'speared' by something underground. I have every weed imaginable around and scutch grass is everywhere; could it have poked the carrot when the carrot was younger? I don't think it affected the carrot much, it's as big as other unpoked one.
Carrot with something poking into it:

Closeup showing 'spear' removed, and the hole it made in the carrot:

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#2 30-08-2022 4:53pm

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Not trying to be smart but that's why you keep carrots weeded.

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#3 30-08-2022 5:11pm

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Yes, I have seen scutch spear carrots.

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#4 30-08-2022 6:47pm

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Totally agree - the scutch grass is a plague though, miss a tiny bit, a couple days later, boom! And, fwiw, the carrots are, overall, doing really well for me this year, have had 2 full (enough for our use) crops this year for the first time, plus *touch wood* no sign of the horror that is the root fly.

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