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DrLuke
PostPosted: Jul 24th, '12, 17:01 
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Holey crap!

The aliens have landed!.... in your GB!
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Beautifully white roots.
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And you expected a perfect carrot growing in scoria :D
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How far are you from Lucas Heights?... How many eyes have your fish got?... :D
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Bout 40 mins by car.

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mantis wrote:
And you expected a perfect carrot growing in scoria :D


I at least expected less than dilapidated.
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Looks perfectly uniform to me Luke... every individual nodule of it... :mrgreen:
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Brilliant. :smile:
Cut it crossways and take a pic

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We should have a poll to decide DrLukes crazy carrots name.

My vote is treebeard.

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the wisdom handed down to me was that when carrots split like that it's because of an excess of moisture/water and when they have an abundance of roots like that it's because of a excess of nutrients in the soil (GB medium in this case).
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Mmm looks delicious! :?
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chillidude wrote:
the wisdom handed down to me was that when carrots split like that it's because of an excess of moisture/water and when they have an abundance of roots like that it's because of a excess of nutrients in the soil (GB medium in this case).

wow! A serious answer. Thanks CD.
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Yep, the carrot museum backs that theory..

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Excess Nitrogen causes branching and hairy, fibrous roots.


Who would have known there is a carrot museum... :think: http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/cultivation2.html
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