Grow Organic Carrots Like Never Before: Techniques for Abundant Harvests!

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Growing organic carrots has never been easier! Join Curtis Stone as he shares the steps and expert tips to cultivate your own delicious and nutrient-rich carrots organically. From selecting the right carrot varieties to preparing the soil, sowing the seeds, proper watering and fertilization, and managing pests and diseases naturally, this video covers it all!
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@jakeo1209 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, nice, nice. There is a big difference when you are watching an amateur gardener and a professional farmer. You know for sure that whatever you pick up from these two guys is going to be pure gold. Thank you.

@StaarveyFarm 6 жыл бұрын

This was a Gold star 'how to' great, detailed and first hand with really good question on top. Thankyou.

@Topofthemoningtoyou 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your content, I have a micro garden and it has been going great with your help

@chynesteban3309 5 жыл бұрын

I never get disappointed. I always get the good information. Your videos always answer the questions I am looking for. Thank you.

@occultustactical6138 2 жыл бұрын

I’m growing carrots this year for the first time. I’ve watched every decent video I can find. Seen a lot of different tips and can’t wait to get planting. Great video.

@cliffpalermo Ай бұрын

Watched so many carrot videos this one sticks out, getting ready to sow summer carrots and went right to this video

@JNYC-gb1pp 4 жыл бұрын

I love Curtis! He has it all; practical demonstrations, philosophical underpinnings, pscyhogloal reframing, entrepreneurial inspiration... plus rabbit holes to wrap up the day! He's a modern day sage - who can also grow sage!

@chantalgardner3157 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you two for elaborating on your awesome germination techniques. I can have homegrown carrots now. God bless you!

@johnhargreavesii8181 6 жыл бұрын

This is your best crop focus yet in my opinion this is great information for someone like me thank you Curtis.

@geoffnoble5105 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for providing a sense of direction that will help to overcome previous failures.

@PAMOJA4LIFE 6 жыл бұрын

WOW, very informative, please keep them coming like this, I'm looking forward to the rest of the videos you mentioned. I'm a backyard gardener in Africa, growing to feed my family and this content is very informative and practical. I've been struggling with carrot germination and you guys just gave me solutions to my challenges, Thank you very much for this.

@mathewrichards7309 6 жыл бұрын

Im new to farming and just finished school and i am learning so much from these videos.

@MrKevyrev 6 жыл бұрын

Great info, thanks for sharing Curtis!

@michaelvangundy226 6 жыл бұрын

The best carrot farmer I saw, mowed what he was harvesting that day. He raked and baled the tops. Then dug the rows about 6 feet wide then loaded into a wash station which rolled the root off. 40" bins full of clean carrots off to the wholesale company.

@erikunger2297 6 жыл бұрын

Great informative video! I just signed up the the Arizona workshop this morning and look forward to seeing you there.

@vengervoldur6534 6 жыл бұрын

Like many others, I've had inconsistent luck getting carrots to germinate. I'm glad to know what the issue was and the principle beyond solving it so that I can adapt it to my local environment. I deeply appreciate this, Curtis. Thank you.

@bertrandpotvin 6 жыл бұрын

Great video and info... All about ROI. Love it. Thank you gentlemen for sharing

@trzrpug 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! I learned a lot!! Thanks so much for sharing

@StoveandGarden 6 жыл бұрын

This is seriously so so incredibly helpful.

@loicdallemagne7727 6 жыл бұрын

nice one! best advertising i ve seen so far for your workshops!

@spoolsandbobbins 4 жыл бұрын

Just a wealth of information. Thanks Curtis!!

@jaeskes 6 жыл бұрын

really good info curtis, my findings too! thanks so much and greetings from norway

@captainrwooten 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Exactly the info I needed for my Ozark carrots.

@WrekWarship 6 жыл бұрын

That was such a great video! Thanks for all that info 👍

@pauldominic2150 5 жыл бұрын

Curtis, thanks for the great info., as always. I'll be starting with my garden this year... with over 150 lineal feet of beds... Gonna get those carrots in! You presented lots of info, but it's not easy to remember it all... I heard this great bit of advice from a professional presenter: "Tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em" (Brief overview). "Tell 'em" (Give your presentation). "Tell 'em what you told 'em" (Brief recap) The guy at 15:28 illustrates how this can be helpful for the audience. Also, handouts listing steps with simple illustrations could be helpful, too... for future reference. Some people learn best with auditory, some best with visual. Having both reinforces either learning style.

@Gurokawa 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again. I just planted some carrot seeds here in Phoenix AZ. Ready to plant another bed of radish as well.

@lexington476 6 жыл бұрын

Cool, that information for carrots can work for just a home Gardner too. My summer crop of carrots completely failed, I think because of what you were talking about.

@suicidetorecovery9775 6 жыл бұрын

cheers Curtis Stone!

@UtahStories 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome content! Really appreciate it.

@Quiology 6 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done

@stevenbowles3292 6 жыл бұрын

great video,thats a game changer for me,my family loves carrots and its always been kind of hit and miss in our home garden but this has enlightened me a great deal thanks a lot,,,,also I wonder if anybody else noticed Doug from "Doug and Stacey" channel in the audience.

@szabomarton8064 4 жыл бұрын

hard to miss!

@whatthefungus 6 жыл бұрын

Learned lots from this video. Looks like a great turnout

@krustysurfer 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Curtis, great information aloha

@cornerhillfarm4091 6 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Thanks bro!

@kanangwanewlove-thegoodfoo1616 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous. Thank you so much.

@codygillespie 6 жыл бұрын

Oh man i though i invented germinating under a tarp this summer, looks like someone else figured it out too. I use the landscape fabric because that is what i have, you can water through it and it keeps the moisture in the ground like a mulch. The sun warms it up and makes it hot and humid underneath of it and the seeds love that. You dont even need to bury the seeds in the ground, you can just throw them on top the ground. I had arugula pop in 3 days.

@rachelgucker4238 6 жыл бұрын

Me three! I saw Curtis using shade cloth but don't have any and I thought that if the tarps make the weeds germinate... why not carrots??

@jim1226 6 жыл бұрын

Black or white landscape fabric?

@codygillespie 6 жыл бұрын

black

@arenosofarms824 6 жыл бұрын

i lay agribon 50 on top to speed germination - help quite a bit.

@jerricroft937 6 жыл бұрын

codygillespie I learn something here everyday, and I will love germinating under barrier, just need to start weeds a wk before and burn off.

@rlund3 6 жыл бұрын

Superb!!

@iseeplanetmedia 6 жыл бұрын

Very much like, please continue！

@chadsorganics1380 6 жыл бұрын

Mahalos for the videos!

@ToTheSummitkicksass 6 жыл бұрын

Really happy our drought helped me out a lot with weed pressure lol

@marcelpijper3827 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@buenavistagardens6544 6 жыл бұрын

So thankful for this! Do you have any recommendations for using the jang seeder with pelleted carrots? I use the LJ and remove the felt guide plate but still get spotty germination. I find i get better germination when i hand seed but its too time consuming. Is the jang more proficient with the raw seeded carrots? I will definitely try the compost tricks as well

@YouCantEatTheGrass 6 жыл бұрын

I'll have to try the compost trick. I have tried the tarp trick, and I suck too much at checking them, and they all germinated in 4 days and I killed them, lol

@ramz1455 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

@tuppybrill4915 6 жыл бұрын

Would there be any mileage in using the greens harvester to take the tops off the carrots before digging them out?

@jerrysnelling8665 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Where did Ray get his yellow totes? Most of the totes I've found aren't very strong! Curtis--do you plan to do any 1-2 day events in Tennessee? I wish I could have attended this but I can't be gone from my farm for that many days

@flowergrowersmith449 6 жыл бұрын

Hooray - finally onto no-dig, Curtis! That technique applies to all your crops (and my flowers). Forget digging forever. Yippee!

@offgridcurtisstone 6 жыл бұрын

Been doing no-dig for at least 3 years. But I'm not exclusive to anything. Whatever works in the context.

@flowergrowersmith449 6 жыл бұрын

Oh OK - fair enough. I just see you behind the BCS a lot or broad forking or whatever. Good stuff!

@alexlandry9062 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Curtis I just love your videos if you going to buy land to farm on make a living from in the United States or Canada today, where would you buy?

@keinlieb3818 6 жыл бұрын

Great video about keeping the tops on or not. Here in Utah if you're selling at a farmers market you have the UDAF regulations. If you cut off the top of the carrot it is classified as "processed" food and you must register with the UDAF in order to sell your carrots at a farmers market. If you leave the tops on it is "unprocessed" food and you don't have to register with the UDAF. Same goes for anything that you sell at a farmers market here in Utah. The produce cannot be processed at all. Even if a lettuce leaf is torn on accident the UDAF can look at it and call it processed food and you can be fined up to $25,000 for selling processed food without being registered with the UDAF.

@franksummerlin3422 3 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable. That's crazy. I wouldn't abide by those rules very well.

@lizardears4861 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, great stuff - Curtis are you coming to Australia after NZ?

@gerry6597 6 жыл бұрын

I only bother with carrots as a family crop, I've gotten the children into the habit of sowing a sack (in a potato grow sack) every weekend so we have almost a constant supply every week of the year, as winter comes in I lift and move the sacks inside the greenhouse to protect from frost. Found this method works well for me here in the UK.

@nickyork8901 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting method, can you share a bit more information please? Does it help avoid carrot root fly? What do you do about thinning, if anything? How many plants in a sack? What type of soil/compost do you use? Apologies for all the detailed questions ,but I find the advice on growing carrots very confusing and it's quite hit and miss, so I'd be keen to find something that actually works!

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@RobertsAdventure 4 жыл бұрын

Thin layer of very well shredded cedar chips works great for germination too. Probably not doable at market scale unless you had a cheap source.

@pauldominic2150 5 жыл бұрын

Just ordered URBAN FARMER on Amazon.

@kimmmunsey4184 6 жыл бұрын

LEARNIN thanks 🌱🌾🌱

@barrybruckner6919 6 жыл бұрын

Missed a doug interview a rare treat

@comeseetheviolenceinherent579 4 жыл бұрын

That was Doug from Doug and Stacy

@offgridcurtisstone 4 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@BrianFields 6 жыл бұрын

So when you're overwintering your carrots in the tunnels, do you top them when it gets cold and they go dormant to keep the nutrient density/sweetness up, or leave the tops on?

@s0cks1985 6 жыл бұрын

How do you get nice uniform carrots? Especially in your more clay like soil? And especially if you don't deep till?

@PatricesProjects 6 жыл бұрын

What type of shade cloth do you use?

@cindyvanisi5907 6 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear more about the apps you use

@MicroUrb 6 жыл бұрын

Curtis, I just learned that Nelson carrots are no longer commercially available. Are you experiencing this? If so, what do you recommend as alternatives?

@joekincade88 4 жыл бұрын

have you tryed low tunnels to start in summer w shade cloth on it?

@kadykirby9822 5 жыл бұрын

Would a lighter color tarp deflect the sun for the extreme heat? If trying to conserve water.

@thehorrorification 6 жыл бұрын

do you get carrot fly in america? if so, what are you using to prevent it?

@darlingstuff1560 4 жыл бұрын

FINALLY.......GOOD MEN.

@MarkBothwell 6 жыл бұрын

Curtis, I followed your advice for my last planting of carrots - planted into a fresh layer of compost, and got the best germination I have ever had. But I am intrigued with the two alternative tricks of covering the freshly seeded bed with silage tarp vs. shade cloth. I wonder whether a landscape fabric cover might be a good compromise - more protection against evaporation than the shade cloth, but less likely to immediately smother germinating plants than silage tarp. Any thoughts about this?

@stevelarson4925 6 жыл бұрын

That is what I did this year. I didn't have perfect germination but I was happy with the results and not needing to water the bed much or at all while waiting for them to germinate. The biggest issue I had was that it was an old piece of landscape fabric and would leave its plastic strands behind :/

@MarkBothwell 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, good to know. Yeh, plastic dandruff from old landscape fabric sucks.

@tomrobertson3236 6 жыл бұрын

It seems to be a moisture issue . A layer if compost keeps it moist . The tarps here do the same thing . Saw one video with plate size tin covering 3 seeds . He thought the darkness helped . Now I'm thinking it's about moisture.

@markgabbard3697 6 жыл бұрын

Do I have to have my produce tested to be sold?

@jjcjoshuajohn20 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Curtis. Do you have a link for the farmer in Tennessee, or at least a name of the farm? I'm moving there in the spring and want to farm, so I'm interested in how he does thing in his area. Thanks.

@DeerParkFarmstead 6 жыл бұрын

Quick thought. Could you run the quick greens harvest over the tops and harvest after?

@offgridcurtisstone 6 жыл бұрын

@platficker 6 жыл бұрын

Just a crazy idea, and wouldn't work for Curtis' quick crop criteria, but... The video mentions having too much greens and too thick/dense crop resulting in some problems with the greens. Here's my idea: Have you considered cutting off the tops with the greens harvester or otherwise? In my home garden, I have had problems with rabbits cutting down the greens, but the carrots can recover, and still get the root crop. The thought is, you could thin or thin/harvest the carrots after the tops are off, and then the rest would recover and grow larger and healthier than if you didn't thin. When the greens are on and fully growing, they get all tangled, so you can't control the thinning for a thin/harvest. Of course, I broadcast seed my carrots, rather than trying for rows. Like I said, just a crazy idea, but there might be scenarios where this could be a useful technique.

@dire_prism 6 жыл бұрын

I can't stop thinking about rabbits:) Are they worth raising in your area? In my area (Denmark) the biggest obstacle is regulations because getting a permit to sell them commercially is a nightmare for small-timers

@lightdark00 6 жыл бұрын

I tried to grow carrots last year, I ended up with short and fat carrots. I'll be watching this closely. Home grown carrots are so very tasty.

@MarkBothwell 6 жыл бұрын

I have been growing carrots in the same beds for 30 years (on and off with rotation). The tilth of my soil (originally rocky clay) has improved over the years as I removed rocks and as a little tillage and a lot of mole and worm activity has slowly moved organic matter into deeper and deeper soil layers. When I started my carrots were short, fat, and often branched. Now the same varieties are perfectly shaped, long and svelte. So... patience.

@goodvolks2know372 6 жыл бұрын

we grow organic, in raised beds, so I don't use any chemicals. But we also have a huge slug/snail problem. I have yet to find anyone that comments on how they combat them when growing on the ground (no raised beds)? Currently we used stainless steel wire and "electrify" the bed. But we want to add to our growing area and not have the beds. How are you handling that?

@MrDaddyO8 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! what seed?

@beebob1279 3 жыл бұрын

Don't you need bonemeal for the phosphorus and root growth?

@greenwheelfarms2524 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Curtis, so where Ray uses silage tarps after planting , do you suppose clear poly would work & the bonus would be the extra visual through the clear poly while waiting on germination ??

@christophersmith8014 6 жыл бұрын

The clear poly would get the top layer of soil too hot and cook the seeds in the summertime. Ray uses the silage tarp white side up to avoid overheating the bed. Any landscape fabric, shade cloth, house wrap, plywood, or Styrofoam would work too. The main focus is to maintain a consistent moisture level in the germination zone while maintaining a proper temperature. White landscape fabric and white house wrap generally breath enough and reflect enough light to not cook the plants and even allow enough light through to allow photosynthesis of the newly started crop, so if you have some of that it's probably the best option for a germination blanket.

@greenwheelfarms2524 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christopher Smith

@jerricroft937 6 жыл бұрын

Green Wheel Farms you can sterilize the top soil layer with clear plastic, in the summer, killing a lot of weed seeds.

@greenwheelfarms2524 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jerry Croft

@TsetsiStoyanova 6 жыл бұрын

Carrots galore

@andreacastillo6307 5 жыл бұрын

Has anyone tried planting carrots with things like tomatoes or peppers in the same plot?

@jenevablack9411 Жыл бұрын

What is the width of your pathways ? Thanks so much for thebhreat videos!

@offgridcurtisstone Жыл бұрын

12 inch

@jeffreyanthony6725 6 жыл бұрын

Have you tried planting carrots with the Paperpot? What were your results?

@offgridcurtisstone 6 жыл бұрын

No, but I’ve seen it tried. I think carrots are best direct seeded.

@jaretrozanski5188 6 жыл бұрын

how do you protect from carrot flies

@amandayeckel7309 6 жыл бұрын

I thought compost adds nitrogen? And I know you don't want a lot of nitrogen with carrots. So I'm confused

@johncraftenworth7847 6 жыл бұрын

due to their slow germination, slow early growth, difficulty in transplanting (so one must just seed em in and hope they aren't in too thick because thinning is as bad as weeding), their inability to compete with fast growing summer weeds, carrots are the hardest crop there is to grow. Flame weeding may help but it's no cure. I usually plant carrots and then end up tilling it all in when I think of the weeding labor I would have to do to pull in a crop. And yeah, that's after flame weeding and stale seedbedding that shit. To hell with em I say!

@shazzzam79 6 жыл бұрын

I had to watch a Monsanto Roundup commercial before this video..... Oh, the irony....

@erinnkemp 6 жыл бұрын

You need to keep soil damp.

@MicroUrb 6 жыл бұрын

I would say, educate your customers there in the South on what Curtis just said and cut the tops off. I have a similar challenge here, but I don't care, I educate the market customer until they get it. On the topic of forecast, I agree its best to just stick the head out the window because these days iPhones offer some inaccurate forecasts. Like we had hurricane weather at 3am this past Monday, nowhere was that documented. By the way, I am glad you said you look at the weather on iPhone twice a day, I thought I had OCD for awhile, I look at it 3 to 4 times a day.

@MarkBothwell 6 жыл бұрын

In agriculture, OCD is a virtue, not a handicap.

@davekata6610 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean " top it" after 2hour irrigation

@spincitiesfarm7862 6 жыл бұрын

Cut the tops off high with a QCGH and put it in your greens mix.

@offgridcurtisstone 6 жыл бұрын

Try it. You'll see in minutes why it doesn't work.

@spincitiesfarm7862 6 жыл бұрын

I made this comment because I did, several different times this season. It worked great. Customers loved it. They are excited for next season when I can do it again when I have carrots again. The trick is to cut them high, a "hair cut" if you will. There are still greens to tear off when harvesting. They come out similar to scarlet frills in terms of shape/volume per pound.

@offgridcurtisstone 6 жыл бұрын

Ok, I see what you mean. I thought you meant use it to cut off the tall carrot greens for topping them. That's what didn't work. They get tangled up in the brushes.

@spincitiesfarm7862 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, fully mature greens taken all the way down would be a nightmare! Tangle city.

@treborwashingtonReview_life 3 жыл бұрын

Where is this located?

@Lily-vi5cy 3 жыл бұрын

Root veggies like carrots, beets, celery that I keep in the ground under tunnels in cold fall weather is eaten by rodents, . Please advise.

@gc47 5 жыл бұрын

How do you keep the rabbits or ground hogs from eating your green crops ?

@gomezlad 4 жыл бұрын

Very interested to find out how you can call them organic carrots of you're adding nitrogen to the soil artificially?

@jenniferpresnell9558 4 жыл бұрын

Nick Joseph, I think you are confused. You can get nitrogen from an organic source. Composted manure is the most common.

@zstangkrewson 6 жыл бұрын

I tawt I taw a Hometed Homeh!!!

@cascadervsolarsolutions 6 жыл бұрын

Was that Doug from Doug and Stacy????

@offgridcurtisstone 6 жыл бұрын

Yep

@ogunsiron2 2 жыл бұрын

"has to be approved, may take 2 weeks". Ok but what about the bank account confiscations that she said can be done immediately? Is it because banks are "federally regulated" so it's a regulation and not a "law" so immediate effect?

@ezekielreed3589 6 жыл бұрын

Did I see John Suscovich? lol

@ryanduckering 5 жыл бұрын

I fucking love the Amish guy in the background with a GoPro.

@nodaysoff5431 6 жыл бұрын

Have to comment, the waste stream, seek value from the seconds and carrot greens or off to the compost pile because the profit is just not there?

@offgridcurtisstone 6 жыл бұрын

+No Days Off easy to comment, hard to do.

@nodaysoff5431 6 жыл бұрын

Do these methods carry over to private gardening? And is there a smaller version of the seeder? Love the idea of carpet greens 4 x 10 seems a far harder to make that happen