Just having a quick cuppa midway through boring and filling the holes for my long carrots. The sun is shining , the footy is on the radio, the wife and kids are out and my carrots are currently as good as everyone else's! Life doesn't get much better than that! Maybe one day I'll be as good as this set from Malvern a couple of years ago.
I plan to sow 46 stations, 24 in the raised slab & plank bed and 22 in 4 small drums. My mix is as follows:
15L sieved compost
4L vermiculite
3.5L sieved sand
2oz superphosphate
2oz potash
2oz calcified seaweed
1oz lime
1oz hoof and horn
All WELL MIXED. This mix is enough for about 11-12 holes.
I know how much hard work that takes but I've just had a mail from Ian Stocks in Scotland who is a stumper specialist and he's already done 120 holes with another 180 to follow! I spread my carrots out over 6 or 7 local shows and hope to have a set from pulling 4 or 5 but he would be prepared to pull the majority of his 300 just to get a set for one large show....now that is dedication (or is it madness?). I hope his family like eating carrots! LOL
Talking of madness.....I do urge you to have a look at Dan's website http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk/Exhibition-long-show-carrot.html as he's having a crack at long carrots for the first time this year.
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Simon - I like to think of it as a form of dedicated madness!!, however its probably just the same commitment you have to showing but on a bigger scale. Website is excellent - hope your carrots end up as good
Ian SIAn S
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