I pulled the last of my spring crop of carrots. These are the big guys - Oxheart. They are very tasty. Round and fat like and orange. They make a very nice "chip" when sliced horizontally. I still have a big bagful of early carrots (Mokum), a more traditionally shaped and sweeter variety, in my fridge. I took out the bagful for a photo next to the newly pulled Oxhearts.
I planted a few more rows of carrots seeds for a fall crop a couple of weeks ago. They sprouted nicely, but I'm afraid I buried most of them while digging the potatoes. Oh well....
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3 comments:
I've never seen carrots like these before. They're so cute! They look almost like balls.
How deep do the oxhearts go? I did purple-haze and little finger for my fall crop, but I've never tried oxhearts...
My biggest Oxhearts are about 4 inches deep and 3 inches diameter, weight about 5 oz. Seems pretty big to me though they are reported to grow to 1 lb!
My 7 inch deep Mokum's only weigh a couple oz.
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