Having used up all my Sweet Candle at previous shows I used a set of Osiris at Sturton to win the stump carrot class. I'd grown these in short pipes 'plugged' into the soil in my raised leek bed and filled with my usual carrot mix. They were a little coarse and heavy because of this and the 'whips' broke off very close to the stump end because they were into the soil rather than sand at that point.
I hadn't given them any TLC at all really and I did have some fly damage which made choosing a set not as easy as it had been with the Sweet Candle but all in all I think I'll give this variety another chance next season, sowing sooner and growing in a raised sand bed.
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