Posted by Suzanne D. on October 12, 2009, 3:05 pm
All summer long, every few weeks, I did a new planting of carrots. Most did
not germinate. I planted different varieties from different vendors, so I
know the seed wasn't the problem. I think it may have just been too hot all
summer (temperatures regularly 100 and above). As a result, two of my beds
now have tons of un-germinated carrot seeds in them. One of them holds
garlic now, and the other has the wilted remains of peanuts.
I am wondering if some of the seeds may sprout and grow into carrots next
spring. I know that you can plant onions in the fall and have them sprout
first thing in spring; would this apply to carrots as well? I have noticed
a few sprouts since the weather got cooler, but they haven't really done
much, as it is quite cold at night. Do carrot seeds just stay sleeping all
winter and sprout in the spring like onions do?
--S.
Posted by zxcvbob on October 12, 2009, 6:18 pm
Suzanne D. wrote:
> All summer long, every few weeks, I did a new planting of carrots. Most
> did not germinate. I planted different varieties from different
> vendors, so I know the seed wasn't the problem. I think it may have
> just been too hot all summer (temperatures regularly 100 and above). As
> a result, two of my beds now have tons of un-germinated carrot seeds in
> them. One of them holds garlic now, and the other has the wilted
> remains of peanuts.
>
> I am wondering if some of the seeds may sprout and grow into carrots
> next spring. I know that you can plant onions in the fall and have them
> sprout first thing in spring; would this apply to carrots as well? I
> have noticed a few sprouts since the weather got cooler, but they
> haven't really done much, as it is quite cold at night. Do carrot seeds
> just stay sleeping all winter and sprout in the spring like onions do?
> --S.
I stuck some grocery store carrots in the ground a few years ago and
grew them out because my wife likes Queen Anne's Lace (wild carrot.)
They grew about 5 feet tall, seeded, and now I get volunteer carrots
every year -- it's just like dill; hard to get started, but then
reseeds readily. So I think that means fall-planted seeds work better
than planting in the spring. But it may depend on the climate.
(BTW, the volunteer carrots have tough mostly white roots, not yellow
or orange)
Bob
Posted by Gary Woods on October 12, 2009, 6:56 pm
>(BTW, the volunteer carrots have tough mostly white roots, not yellow
>or orange)
I'm guessing you have Queen Ann's Lace in the area, so they crossed.
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Posted by grownforyou on October 26, 2009, 12:16 pm
'Suzanne D.[_2_ Wrote:
> ;866916']All summer long, every few weeks, I did a
new planting of
> carrots. Most did
> not germinate. I planted different varieties from different vendors,
> so I
> know the seed wasn't the problem. I think it may have just been too
> hot all
> summer (temperatures regularly 100 and above). As a result, two of my
> beds
> now have tons of un-germinated carrot seeds in them. One of them holds
>
> garlic now, and the other has the wilted remains of peanuts.
>
> I am wondering if some of the seeds may sprout and grow into carrots
> next
> spring. I know that you can plant onions in the fall and have them
> sprout
> first thing in spring; would this apply to carrots as well? I have
> noticed
> a few sprouts since the weather got cooler, but they haven't really
> done
> much, as it is quite cold at night. Do carrot seeds just stay sleeping
> all
> winter and sprout in the spring like onions do?
> --S.
I have done this and the carrots germinated then overwintered. Did get
some
carrots the following year.
Personally I would hedge your bets and do some now and some in the
spring.
--
grownforyou
Posted by Suzanne D. on October 27, 2009, 4:23 am
> I have done this and the carrots germinated then overwintered. Did get
> some carrots the following year.
I am noticing some are germinating now.
> Personally I would hedge your bets and do some now and some in the
> spring.
Well, I didn't do this on purpose; I am just curious about all the seeds
that I planted all summer that are still un-germinated in the ground that is
now growing cooler and moister. I wouldn't deliberately try to plant
carrots this time of year, but these were already planted, months ago! I
will definitely start a whole new bed in the spring.
--S.
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> did not germinate. I planted different varieties from different
> vendors, so I know the seed wasn't the problem. I think it may have
> just been too hot all summer (temperatures regularly 100 and above). As
> a result, two of my beds now have tons of un-germinated carrot seeds in
> them. One of them holds garlic now, and the other has the wilted
> remains of peanuts.
>
> I am wondering if some of the seeds may sprout and grow into carrots
> next spring. I know that you can plant onions in the fall and have them
> sprout first thing in spring; would this apply to carrots as well? I
> have noticed a few sprouts since the weather got cooler, but they
> haven't really done much, as it is quite cold at night. Do carrot seeds
> just stay sleeping all winter and sprout in the spring like onions do?
> --S.