No Dig Carrots, easier than you thought
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- 00:00 Introduction
01:38 Interplanting lettuce with carrots, how to sow seeds
02:20 Spacing of carrot rows
02:52 Pest, carrot root fly, cover with mesh
05:11 Harvesting carrots
06:27 Storing - see this video too studio.th-cam.com/users/video7d2G...
Grow straight carrots! Sow direct rather than in modules. However, carrot seeds are tiny, and early growth can quickly disappear after night-time grazing by slugs or rabbits, even woodlice. Success comes from sowing in beds with no pest habitat nearby, and perhaps with a cover against rabbits. Fleece, for example, can protect early spring sowings from rabbits, as well as increasing the speed of carrot growth.
The soil/compost surface of a no dig bed can be imperfect! For example, I never sieve compost for beds, and sow into a surface with many lumps the size of marbles.
This is better than a fine soil surface which can easily be compacted by rain, a process called ‘capping’. The result is a hard layer at the surface, which prevents the emergence of germinating leaves.
Video filmed in September and edited in April by my son edward. Because of the timing we have an emphasis on autumn and winter carrots. Then in spring the process is similar, with just a small difference that varieties such as early Nantes and Amsterdam Forcing grow really fast from early sowing.
I show you intersowing too. And to discover more, see my online course 3A which has a whole lesson on carrots. It includes a longer video with more detail than this one. charlesdowding.co.uk/product/...
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I know you may not see this, but I wanted to post it anyway.....Thank you. You have truly changed my life for the better. I live in the state of VA in the US, which is zone 7b. The ground though, is red clay, like the kind you can literally go make pottery from. I got my love of gardening, and most of my knowledge about it, from my grandmother, but she was a tiller. That's just "what you do here," because the clay is so hard to work in. I tilled for years, and every year the production got worse. I haven't been able to grow a single tomato in my garden for over 4 years now. This past fall, I discovered your channel and started some no dig beds, and this is the first year I've had success in almost half a decade. And in relation to this video....you just don't grow carrots here except in a raised bed, but I just thinned some of the ones I planted in my no dig bed and they are doing beautiful so far! I am thankful in a way for the failure I had for so many years, if it hadn't been so harsh, I may have never looked for a different way and found your channel. And when I say it's changed my life, it's not an exaggeration, I have chronic illnesses and having healthy food, as well as the exercise and inspiration from my garden, has improved my health as well. So thank you, I hope you know how many lives you touch by sharing your knowledge. You are truly a treasure to this world
I certainly have seen this Amanda! I am absolutely delighted for you and feel blessed that the Internet allows me to share these methods. That is great feedback for no dig, from your 'difficult' soil!
I hope that your health continues to improve, and do spread the word in VA.
That’s great Amanda. I for one am in awe of your perseverance. I wish you continued success and improving health.
What a lovely comment. Good on ya
Prayers that your health remains well. Charles is certainly a treasure and his wonderful no dig is indeed life changing! Blessings!
Thank you for responding! I'm in North Georgia which is also red clay and in zone 7! I'm going to try no till!
So I’ve been watching all weekend🤣
But I gotta say, As a little girl I was raised on our neighbor’s farmland and the owner, he like was a grandfather to me. I took my first baby steps to him and after that I was with him every day when he was in his gardens. Unfortunately he passed away when I was 7 and so finding you Charles is like finding him and my childhood again. This channel is very therapeutic. It’ll definitely kick me into gear to start gardening (or being in the garden lol) which was my first love as a kiddo. Thank you!
Nice to read this, hope it goes well
This is all I need to unwind after long work week. Your voice is so calming. Until weather warms up and my garden starts growing theese videos are the next best thing
I thought I was the only one. Perfect chill out zone😀
Chilling while learning, it's a great thing, huh?
Yes his voice is so calming!
Yep his voice is so soothing i watch these at bed time to relax and unwind.
I've made my first few no dig beds the past week and was also fortunate enough to get a small plot in the local allotment. This channel has been my gardening bible and was the one that initially got me interested in gardening in the first place. Thank you Charles for sharing this incredible amount of knowledge, it's invaluable to so many people 👍
That's great Karen and thanks!
Thank you Charles. We tried no-dig first time in 2020 because of you...and first time we had a successful garden! God bless you in every way.
That is awesome! 🌺
For those of us growing on a smaller scale, carrots grown in tubs are a good way to avoid carrot fly as they fly very close to the ground. I have also read that the smell of marigolds also deters them.
Plant them with onion.
I just harvested the last of my carrots on 7 january [today] Grown in pots.
Hi my dear teacher from Croatia! You gave me the wind in my back even though I don’t have a piece of land. My balconies are full for the second season. I have to add compost and water more often, but I enjoy it! When the covid came, I had my own garden. Last summer, my granddaughter took out young carrots on the balcony herself and ate. We both enjoyed it. Fall and winter, balconies full and this Easter I didn’t have to buy anything. I am currently waiting for the low temperatures to pass so I could very well plant some more seedlings. The seedlings are all mine, nothing bought. I only bought strawberry seedlings for my granddaughter. Here, in the center of the city, I enjoy the garden on the balconies (until I buy a piece of land). I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart🙏, Nada 😊🌱🍀
Lovely to hear Nada and congratulations!
Just my two cents worth of advice: you look really good in this video, well rested and clean shaven. But of course you always sound good and wise.
Noted!
Gosh y'all stubble shaming this nice man smh
Charles here goes an easy tip, to pick the carrots.
Press & Pull!
Press them in(to the soil) and pulls them straight up.
It's quick and easy. No tools needed. I never lost a single carrot picking them this way!
Thank you so much, for all I learned with you!
Cheers
Thanks and I appreciate this tip. I do know it actually and have tried it and it works on softer soil then here. My soil is firm, still plenty loose enough to grow fantastic carrots but they don't always ease out even after pushing down on them.
I love being able to go out to the garden and pull some carrots & bunching onions for dinner. No digging, just pull them out, brush the off, snap the tops off the carrots, and take them to the house for dinner.
Yay, i love doing same with radishes. Throw tops to chickens right away and enjoy the snack.
I planted carrots in August and pulled into February, replanted March for summer harvest. Very sweet when grown in colder weather
Just over a week ago I thought "Charles doesn't have a video on carrots!"....and bam! here it is! Thank you😊
I once bought a bunch of carrots which still had all their leaves on. They went soft very quickly, whereas the ones which don't have leaves on last far longer. Now I understand why. I'm going to give it another go growing my own - I've never been successful in the past.
Hi Charles. I'll start by saying what a gazillion people have already said. You're an inspiration :) So glad I found your channel. Your clear explanations, well-shot video, the little exited jiggle you do with your arms sometimes :), I thought to myself "He has the look and mannerisms of a really good teacher/lecturer".
I have an L-shaped concrete backyard with a raised-brick corner with soil in 3 sections. Areas of sunlight changing during the day. My plan is to use the soil beds in the corner, buckets, raised planters and pots on shelves to get max use and grow some nice veg and herbs. Can't wait til next year when things start getting established (hopefully).
Your vids on seeding, potting, soil...everthing has been a god-send.
My perfect life would be you as neighbour on one side and Jim from 'Home Grown Veg' on the other ^^
Thank You and keep the vids coming. All the best :D
How nice and good luck
I'm growing carrots for the first time this year... thanks for the tip about covering them to prevent root flies.
I wish you success!
Plant some onion into the carrots beds, plant association works well in Hungary for me! Great videos btw, and thx to U for all! Have a nice season!
Where in Hungary are you?
We have friends in Salgótarján :)
@@wild_childofthe80s Next to Lake Tisza! :)
@@Tiszacsucske Oh how lovely :)
I miss Hungary.. I wish I could visit again this year.. I bet it is beautiful right now x.x
@@wild_childofthe80s yeah, yeah it's getting better day by day! :) And where are u from? :)
When I tried that, I unfortunately had even more rootfly damage!
I store my carrots in my belly...lol
I’ve just been on the comments section of the digital section of The Times and am pleased to see how people are reporting their success with No Dig. It’s spreading, along with the compost !
Ah cool and thanks for sharing this Susan 💚 - mycelial network!
The taste and smell of home grown carrots are wonderful - far better than mass- produced carrots. One of my favourite vegetables that I grow.
Glad to know the growing fungi is ok, got several "mushrooms" pop up and worried it was bad for the garden. 😁🌿🍄
We have mushrooms instead of weeds!
Lovely! Expecting snow tonight, still a bit early for carrots but I will plant 5 varieties. Touchon, Nantes, Yellow, Atomic Red and Black Nebula. My garlic is just starting to peek through the straw!
For years I struggled to plant carrots, parsnip and parsley. Such uneven germination.
Then I turned my garden into no dig (moving from mostly deep straw mulching), and most of the problems went away.
Well, most of the problems. Two issues remained:
1) I need to remember to keep the seeds moist no matter what method is used.
2) And to learn how to stop putting down too many seeds in a no dig bed. Because I still am used to the old method where most seeds would not germinate, But every seed seems to germinate in my no dig beds..... So now have to thin an abundance of root vegetables sprouts, where before I was wondering what to do with all the space between the few that did sprout --- which is a much happier place to be actually.
Hope this helps.
Thank you very much for your feedback and I am happy that your seeds emerge!!
SO SMART how the carrots are sown with lettuce!
I have begun my first no dig garden because of you. Thank you.
I was waiting for this kind of video, I fail a lot to grow carrots. Thank you 😊
Dear wonderful Charles, your video showed me how tall carrots foliage should look before pulling out carrots. My 1st time growing them and I haven't been sure when to pull. Thank you for being such a blessing just being you, and sharing your amazing wealth of information!
Cool! 💚
The root fly is a dreadful pest. I have tried every method possible over the years to keep them away. The only thing that works is the physical barrier like your mesh or a fleece. I have surrounded the carrot beds with pungent garlic chives, grown fly resistant varieties, strewn crushed wormwood leaves around them, grown a lavender hedge around the beds, grown them raised up three feet above the ground, you name it, I've tried it. This season I have a new piece of mesh to deploy on hoops as soon as the fleece comes off in a few weeks.
That tail about them only being able to travel at a certain height is pure hog wash! They are so tiny that the wind will just take them anywhere.
Thank you for another excellent video Charles, I'm glad to see you get the odd forked carrot too!
Good luck to you and the team.
I love it. How I wish I could emulate such a good person like you. New friend here from the Philippines. Keep up the good work. 👍♥️🙏
Thanks and welcome
Wow! I was reading about soil fertility and fungi today, and the sceptic in me began to wonder if Charles actually had any proof that mycorrizal fungi were associating with his plants. Those carrots are all the proof I need! Very impressed. 🍄🌾👍🏽
Don’t be a science denier it’s really terrible
Yes, I can say with certainty that your methods work wonderfully well with carrots and parsnip, thankyou!
Great to hear Bob!
Can't wait to start those Oxhella carrots they look amazing! Currently Nantes in the ground but will be doing Oxhella in june between the salads.
I have learned so much from you in the past 3 wks.I heard of you from Jess,at Roots and Refuge Farm.Did my first 2 no dig beds.And will be sowing in some veggies and fruit.next wk.Your videos are such a gardeners dream.And simplistic teaching.Thank you !
That is awesome!
I'm from Tunisia I follow in a video
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Hi Charles, Lovely tour of your Carrot patch. 🥕 I planted in December and I have been harvesting 1-2 for dinner since February. Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🌞 The longer I garden the easier I find it to grow veggies year-round.
Your simple approach and advice is a great source of wealth. Thanks 💚
Sounds great!
Its interesting that carrot root fly I've never had a problem with... YET! Lol. I don't grow near as many carrots as you but, I'm experimenting with pre-germinating carrot seed & container growing this year as well. I end up with empty buckets after my 1st early harvest & great for growing carrots in. I have done no dig carrots too and works great but, some years I get a big disappointment re slugs demolishing seedlings.
Gracias Maestro, por permitir la traducción al Español!👌🏼🎩🙏🏻🙏🏻😘
I've been apprehensive about growing carrots but this video has definitely inspired me to give it another go.
Carrots and potatoes are some of my favorite things to grow. Carrots straight from the garden have so much more flavor than from the grocery store.
Love your garden
Thank God you get rid of the beard 🧔 😬lol 🇨🇦 ... Amazing video 🙏
Thank you again Charles- really useful as I always forget carrot fly cover up times!!
I am trying out my first No Dig carrots this year, I absolutely love the no dig method and I use it on all of my beds now. Yea with Charles, best way to start my Saturday morning here in California 🫖👩🏼🌾🥕
Good luck!
I moved into a place that had a sectioned off plywood compost heap (4foot × 4foot × 3foot) that was neglected for 3 years. It was very uneven, but I found nice soil beneath some easily removed surface weeds and a couple of gnarly deep rooted weeds I had to dig out. Also found a very active mouse nest, and a lot of worms and bioactivity. I'm in in Richmond, Virginia - right on the zone 7a/7b line. We're in mid 60-70 degrees F about now, and I just layers about a foot of grass clippings and a little leaf/wood mulch mixed in (after doing some initial surface leveling). Firstly, thank you for inspiring me to rejuvenate this pre-existing compost heap, and for showing me compost doesn't have to be that complicated. My question is: I left some vigorous weeds, and then covered that with grass and weed seed heads from my mower. Am I going to start sprouting a lot of unwanted vegetation since it's not that hot yet? Should I cover right away as a weed suppressant? I can add a lot of lawn waste, but I will have to add to this pile for a few months to fill this space out. Thoughts on covering right away, or leaving as is while filling? Love your videos! Found you throug epic gardening 🌿
Nice to hear this Sarah. I would simply keep adding material on top of the vigourous weeds, which will soon die because they don't have any light. You will know that because there would be new leaves if they are still alive, simply put more material on top.
Frost last night! I’m hoping that’s it, I’ll get my carrots sown this weekend, and a few more seeds down. Thanks Charles, must get some mesh!!!
Thanks my Guru! Your every video is enlightening!
Thankyou Charles!!! Another beautyfull vídeo!
Beautiful harvest! I just finished 'fixing up' my three rows of no-dig garden, pulled up a few weeds, through on composted cow manure and will add a light mulch once I get it planted. EASIEST gardening every. I'm totally sold on no-dig and my produce.
Lovely to see that you can store them easily, without fuss for quite a while. Many thanks Charles, happy growing!
Very useful, thanks - especially those dates.
Brilliant, I have now ordered some fine mesh netting. Thank you!
Planting carrots in between 10 blackcurrant bushes this year in two rows. “Hard” clay about 15 cm down but hoping it will coax the carrots to stretch/reach to it as water collects on the clay surface. We love heirlooms but gonna go for something more “industrial” (rote riesen 2)
Love your sewing method! I’ll definitely try this next week.
Top tip, carrot tops make AMAZING pesto! Substitute the tops for basil (but add basil for additional flavor).
Cheers Gary
I like your way of speaking, Mr. Dowding! 🙂 And I enjoy your gardening techniques and videos too. 🌱😇
Thank you kindly Anakshi
Hello Dear Friend! Awesome video! Have a beautiful weekend! 👍 201
Must sow more carrots 😀
Hey Charles.
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
i just love carrots 🥕 Charles
Can you please do a class on how you keep produce all winter long without cold
storage? This info is so hard for the beginner gardener to figure out. I love you videos!!
He does have a short video on storing certain vegetables somewhere I'm sure.
It's here studio.th-cam.com/users/video7d2GUHB2ggc/edit?o=U
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you so much. What an honor to get an actual answer from you. Happy Sabbath!!!
I was searching for this video earlier this morning. 🤩 Thank you for the great content!
You're so welcome!
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Thank you Charles, just shared.Packed with so much information as always. I still have not successfully grown carrots( a bucket list one 🤣) trying again this year.
Wow great beautiful amazing gardening experience 😯👍
Always soooo nice to watch your videos Charles.. so inspiring and thanks as always.
Glad you like them!
Большое вам спасибо!
Nice one Charles, really interesting as always
Well, I’ve decided I’m not bothering early planting indoors anymore, I’m genuinely bad at it. It’ll just keep buying plants. But my direct showings of carrots and parsnips and sweet corn worked very well. I may have to buy a greenhouse if I want to advance sow.
Thanks, Yet again. Im in the same sort of climactic zone (coastal BC, Canada) but my soil is forest soil...clayish. Carrots are giving mixed results but I'll soldier on and incorporate what I've seen here where I can.
I wish you the best of luck with your carrots Micheal. They are certainly not the easiest vegetable, often a challenge!
Those carrots look so yummy! Mine didn't grow much last year.
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Hey Charles, really enjoyed the video! I wish I had more garden space...
Enjoyed the video. I interplant carrots with tomatoes.
Sounds great!
Nice video..
Great info Charles. While many are just now planting these seeds. I've been eating & canning my cold weather crops. They over wintered in low tunnels in No Dig garden. I've got carrots Beets, kale, cabbages & Brocolli. I'm going to let a few go to seed this spring to save. 👍
Sounds great Donna!
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Great video as usual, full of info, especially the dates.....thank you.....Thomas, Denmark
You definitely have a green thumb!!..I have not mastered carrots yet..still being determined..thankyou
This is great. So many lessons and so many varieties of vegetables doing just so well in the NO DIG CONCEPT...
Thank you sir!
You are most welcome
So good
I always sow in mid May abs that works well for me, mid April always seems a bit slow.
Brilliant video as always 👍🏻
Legend thanks i am doing my nantes carrots this weekend in-between the existing garlic all to be pulled at same time, cheers
All hard work 😯
The carrots are beautiful. I usually use the leaves to make an omelet or to replace the parsley. Use in soups as well. it's tasty.
Great idea!
Same here! Don't waste nothing! Excellent as mashed greens also! I like it with some extra garlic! ;-)
Cheers
A video just in time because it's finally getting warmer here and I have to sow in the open beds now.
hej irene, hva sår du på denne tid af året hvis man må spørge :)
@@weallshallbefreee sorry, I am not quite sure what you mean. I need to find a translator for some of the words.
@@ireneventzke-brandt4038 sry my bad, i thought u Where Danish 😅
great video again
Sizden çok şey öğreniyorum. Teşekkür ederim 💐💐
We're lucky in Australia - nothing much goes after our carrots. It's a great crop - they're like bulldozers, boring down making a big carrot. I don't even thin em - I get some biggies and some tinies. There's nothing like fresh carrots - a golden crop! Nice video..
Sounds amazing!
Thank you ❤️
Good and easy vídeo...👍 excelents carros🥕🥕🥕..thank you...love from 🇻🇪💙
Finally carrots! 😊
Thanks Monica!
You make it look very very very easy sir ;)
Pretty sure this will be inspiring too 💚
Como siempre muchas gracias por los subtítulos.... gracias a esto aprendo y disfruto mucho tus vidros.
Señor dowding mucho gusto saludes de Honduras ♥️
G'day Charles.
I have been watching you for so long under my personal (private) channel and you truly are an inspiration.
So much of my success in the garden can be directly credited to you and what I have taken away from your videos.
Thanks so much and I wish you all the very best.
Take care,
Daz.
Awesome, thank you!
The most beautiful channel and the best posting useful valuable advice Thank you and good luck
Many thanks
Oxhella, noted 🙂🙂
Thank you, Charles 🙂
I hope your plants survived last cold nights?I covered everything what possible but your area was much colder
My forecast for next days shows much warmer nights but generally biodynamic calendar for this year says-this year will be cold and dry. Next one-hot and dry.
Greetings from Wales 💚💚
That is a fascinating, thank you and yes it was -2 again last night and some plants are looking not good but all are surviving so far, just not growing!
I would love to see something on parsnips! Thank you! Love your videos😊
They are in my online course and soon we shall be selling individual lessons, this is a group of 15 lessons just to give you an idea, has a lesson about parsnips charlesdowding.co.uk/product/course-3b-from-seed-to-harvest-the-second-22-vegetables/
Thank you!!
You are the best !
Very nice bro