Twisted carrots usually result from improper thinning. That is, the carrots are growing too closely, so they compete for nutrients and water. And then there were those that were multiple-rooted:
Multiple or forked roots indicate that the carrot encountered an obstruction. Sometimes the carrot will just bend around the obstruction, but occasionally it forks around it. Both forking and twisting reduce potential yields because the carrot has to either compete with its neighbors (twisting), or divert resources to multiple tips (forking).
That being said, I absolutely love that super-forked purple carrot, and it made me wonder if I could try some techniques to grow forked specimens. Maybe carefully placing a pebble a couple inches directly beneath each carrot seed? Maybe sowing three seeds in a group but not thinning them? Maybe growing them on a centrifuge?
People pay extra for yellow and purple carrots, orange cauliflower and purple broccoli, but I don't know if the "newness" factor can extend into creative shapes.
1 comments:
Wow that is a pretty silly carrot. I wonder if it tastes like chocolate milk...... Let me know if they do because once i ate a carrot that tasted like chocolate milk and it was all twisty..... weird huh.
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