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Good carrot seed is expensive and it’s therefore important to provide optimal conditions for germination.
07/12/2018
Given the right conditions, a carrot’s extensive fine feeder roots can reach 3m into the soil. It’s important to know this, as it will change the way you treat
14/12/2018
By far the biggest carrot pest is the root knot eelworm (Melodogyne spp). In many other vegetable crops, these nematodes are not much of a problem
18/12/2018
Your carrot crop is looking good. You can almost hear the money cascading into your bank account. Then you harvest it – and all that profit vanishes.
19/12/2018
Carrots are not attacked by many pests, apart from eelworm. Nonetheless, there are a few pests that can prove a problem.
20/12/2018
When it comes to leaf blight, there are three species of Alternaria that carrot growers have to watch out for: A dauci, A radicina and A alternata.
21/12/2018
This week, I want to look at three other diseases that are very similar, but may need different products to keep in check. These are Cercospora, bacterial leaf
24/12/2018
As with most commodities, presentation of the product has a disproportionate influence on the price received.
25/12/2018
Almost everything that applies to growing ‘normal’ carrots falls away when you plant for the baby carrot market.
27/12/2018
Carrot fertilisation is very different to fertilisation in other vegetable crops. It’s crucial to understand this when evaluating a soil analysis prior
13/02/2019