Re: tomatoes and stuff.

Thanks for the tip on the board and I will try planting again when it is
warmer.
>I have had good success with carrots by planting them directly in the
>ground, covered by about 1/4 inch of soil. I then cover the planted row
>with a board which I remove in about 7 days. It has been my experience
>that carrot seeds do not keep well so I tend to plant older seeds a little
>denser than fresh seed. One other thing is, in colder weather areas like
>mine, (north of San Francisco), carrots grow rather slowly during the
>winter months, so I plant a few more during September, and hold off
>planting during January, and February.
>
>Ed Tucker
>
>
>On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Jim and Kristie Kercheval wrote:
>
>> 
>> The carrots i have tried 3x outdoors in the ground.  Once I covered them
>> with plastic to hold in the moisture.  This third time I built a 1" "wall"
>> of dirt around the area I planted the seeds so the water won't carry them
>> anywhere else.  I would appreciate any foolproof ways with carrot growing!
>> 
>
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