Q.
Have you ever grown carrots with mittleider?
If so, do you have any tips/tricks or pitfalls to watch out for?
A. All the time.
Count the seeds (1 oz = 19,000 seeds – 660/gram) Figure 1 plant per inch max (30’bed, 2 rows = 720 seeds – 1.1 grams). Mix thoroughly 1 part seeds with 100 parts sand – 4.5 oz sand – . Make very shallow furrow, and sprinkle seed/sand mix evenly along the length of the beds. Cover with 1/8″ of sand. Cover with burlap or perforated plastic shelf liner to prevent moving germinating seeds. Water to maintain moist soil.Check daily for emerging seedlings. Immediately water then remove burlap/shelf liner. Apply Weekly Feed 4″ from plant stems and water into the soil.
