I harvested all of these carrots and then some from only 8 square feet. All in all, I was able to get around 4 lbs of carrots over the entire season from that tiny space. Carrots are one of the least worrisome crops that I grow. I have never had a pest problem. The biggest chores with carrots are getting the soil cultivated deep enough and getting the seeds to germinate. When I say 'cultivate' I don't mean to just till. I mean amending the soil with composted materials and other necessary components. Where I live, the soil is mostly clay, so I like to incorporate a little bit of sand into new beds in addition to the compost. The sand helps to break up the clay particles and allows for better drainage. Compost should be applied at least once every season, but sand doesn't really go anywhere, so you should really only need to apply it once. Now I have to decide what to do with all of these carrots.
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