Several of the carrots had signs of slug attack on their shoulders or just below ground level, so I suspect that the slugs had started by chomping all the foliage and then carried on chomping below the surface. It was definitely the right time to put this to a stop and collect everything remaining.
Most of the carrots were from the section of the bed in which I had sown "Early Nantes". I had previously thought this variety a good one: now I think it's fantastic. I will certainly grow this one again.
Once I had roughly washed the carrots, I weighed them, and they came in at 946g. Not bad for just the leftovers, eh?
Some of them are a respectable size, and will be very welcome in the kitchen.
Others are very tiny and will be used as "cocktail carrots", eaten raw as a pre-dinner nibble.
I like surprises like that!
That is a very nice surprise. I so love carrots.
ReplyDeleteA great bonus. We like Early Nantes too
ReplyDeleteEarly Nantes are a good size if you want to cook them whole. Definitely a nice surprise.
ReplyDeleteGreat recolt, carrots, i have just eating a lot of its this day,
ReplyDeleteFabulous. What a lovely surprise when you thought they'd all but finished.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice surprise!
ReplyDeleteIt was indeed a good surprise. A lovely find for this time of year.
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice surprise! Free food!
ReplyDeleteThat is just fantastic! It's so funny that you found all those carrots with very few leaves - I've had the opposite problem a couple of times - tons of leaves, but the carrots were still tiny. I grew the regular Scarlet Nantes this year & it was definitely my favourite of the three varieties I tried.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great bonus, I will most definitely give the Nantes a try. thanks for sharing your gardening info.
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