Using Flame Gun after sowing carrots

What I would like to know John is, is it a 300 metre row,ie over a quarter of a mile. Or a 300 square metre carrot bed, which makes it a commercial enterprise. lol lol lol:D:D

 

20 or so rows, 15 or so meters long. The first year I used the flames before sowing I spent 6 hours weeding total for the whole year. And they were clean. The year before I had to spend way longer weeding in the season. Last year carrot weeding time estimate 24 hours, and that was using the gun just before sowing, I had a shoulder injury and couldn't do a second clean when I wanted too.
I have a croft, and the carrots get sold at a stall. I do beetroot, onions and brassicas too. There is a limit to what the stall can sell, and I am near the carrot limit. The last box went last saturday. If I can save time weeding, I can grow more of something else.
My brassicas are planted through some teram, 15m by 6m, about 20 mins weeding a year. Strawberries are planted through a carpet, weren't that great last year, see how they go this time.
beetroot, onions,swedes spuds are done the Dai way.

 

I use a stale bed too. We've had so much rain this year I haven't managed to kill off the weeds, only keep them very small, looks like I'm getting a dry spell this weekend so that should be the end of it.
I'm not going to use the flame gun on the carrots after they have emerged, I'll use it before I sow and just before they emerge. I think I'll use the gas torch for the second pass though, it is a bit more controllable.

 

I flamed the brassica and leek beds yesterday as there were quite a few small weeds emerging. It's still at least a month before I do any planting (under membrane) and I'll probably give the beds another blast in a couple of weeks time before I rake in fertiliser.

 

It worked