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Root vegetable, usually orange, sometimes also purple or cream, where the taproot is the most commonly eaten portion

Carrots are a long pointed root vegetable(). When fresh, it has a crisp texture and is usually orange in color. Carrots also grow in white, yellow and purple varieties.

The taproot is the most commonly eaten part of the vegetable, though the greens are also .

Those grown in home gardens are usually of the domesticated form of the carrot (Daucus carota).

carrots by color line

Photo: "carrots" by color line.

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When should I harvest my carrots?

I live in central Ohio, zone 6a. Last year I harvested my carrots right after Labor Day (first Monday of September) and they were pretty nice. I've been picking them as needed this year, but I'm wondering when I should go ahead and harvest all of…
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Does dill negatively effect carrot growth?

I've read in a number of places that carrots and dill do not do well together. There is no specific reason listed, so I am skeptical on this. Looking for some hard evidence to back this up.
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Need help identifying this beetle

I have a group of these beetles on my dill plants. They might be black lady bugs, but seem too small at only 5mm. A positive ID would help be know whether to let them be, or remove them.
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Is this a good organic soil/fertilizer setup for container carrots?

I am growing 36 carrots in a 18" square container that is 14" deep. I know I have enough room for them but am more worried about whether there will be enough nutrition in the soil to carry them through until harvest. Is there a certain soil blend or…
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Why are my carrots white?

I planted Early Nantes V earlier in the year and am just starting to harvest them. Some are orange but some are white. Why is this?
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How do biennials know when to die back?

Carrots and radishes form an underground mass during the first summer and the seeds during the second. I use a tiny heated unlit greenhouse. How will they ever know it's 'winter' instead of continuing to grow indefinitely? My first guess would be…
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Why are there holes in these green radishes?

I was at my local supermarket when I noticed these green radishes which all had these holes in their sides as seen in the photo. The skin of the radishes around the holes look too smooth to have been created by hand, so I was wondering whether this…
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What is this disease on my carrots?

I have just discovered that some of my carrots have this very dense presence of insects. Are they aphids? I have learned recently that ants love to grow aphids and I could notice some ants around aphids in other plants before. But this is different:…
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How to get rid of wireworms in garden plot

Has anyone had success removing wireworms from their garden and do you have any tips? I've looked some online and it seems like baiting them with potatoes is the best solution. I am not opposed to pesticides. We have a large plot and like to plant…
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is this powdery mildew growing on my young carrots?

I can't tell if this is powdery mildew as it doesn't seem powdery and is instead concentrated blobs of white. It also doesn't come off when I wipe it, unlike the videos I've seen. The leaves are still young and haven't had time to fully develop…
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How near to each other should I plant my vegetable and fruit plants?

The plants I have started are: lettuce, tomato, carrots, green beans, kidney beans, peppers, and cantaloupe. I've never grown any of these things before, or much of anything before. If there any reason any of these shouldn't be planted near each…
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What can I do about carrots having weak stems?

Should I plant then deeper, fill in dirt around them as they are growing or perhaps something else? It seems like they grow faster than they can keep up with themselves, and if I do nothing, I'd end up with a ton of right angled carrot stems. Is…
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How do I stop my carrots from sticking up too high being nibbled from the top?

I have some purple carrots and there growing excellently. But after a couple of months, they started to stick up 2-3 cm above the ground with one eaten, so I pulled them out before anymore were eaten. They were all quite short ranging between 3-9…
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Intercropping garlic with white mustard and carrots

The word around local farmers is to grow white mustard in the soil you plan to grow garlic next year. Presumably, it reduce the amount of white rot (Sclerotium cepivorum). Does it make sense to intercrop garlic with white mustard? I am thinking of…
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When to dig out carrots for consumption at the latest in autumn?

Starting from which temperature it doesn't make sense anymore to keep carrots in the ground if their final destination is consumption? I'm in the midst of autumn here and last week we had still 20 °C. Now it has drop to 10-15. When do they stop…
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