carrots

Hi lads iv'e had an incredible year with my carrots.
How long can i leave them in the ground before i have to store them.
cheers micky

 

Hi Micky!
I do much the same as John and leave most of them over winter. Last year I also dug up a few and stored them in a big bucket filled with dryish grow bag compost. I also stored beetroot using the same method.

 

They should be alright in the ground all winter.

But not if they will be sitting in a puddle.

Also lift some in the autumn and store them, there will be times in the winter when the soil is too frozen to dig them up

 

All the above advice is spot on. Just don't be tempted to store dry as you would spuds. Carrots will dry out. I've had a good carrot year as well. And no root fly!

 

thanks lads as usual brilliant advice in answer to which variety iv'e eaten all the nantes but still have 5 rows of autumn gold2 and there huge