Sharing My Carrot Growing Secrets...

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It's taken a couple seasons to truly master carrots, but I think I've done it. Plus, a few updates on some of the cool experiments we're running in the garden right now.
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@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Check out the Cedarline beds! We put a ton of time into designing these bad boys. Totally different vibe than our Birdies line: shop.epicgardening.com/collections/cedar-wood-raised-garden-beds

@johndesrocher4289 4 ай бұрын

"I weirdly choke on carrots, like I don't know how to eat them." I'm not a carrot eating doctor, but sounds to me like a case of carrotosis nonchewitis. LOVE the new experiments, btw. Looking forward to seeing the results.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

I think that diagnosis is correct!

@josee.cisnerosjr.7706 4 ай бұрын

Alright Carrot King Kev, I haven't been able to harvest decent sized carrots ever. I'm all ears.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Tune in :)

@CWorgen5732 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like you planted corn instead

@GoingGreenMom 4 ай бұрын

Lol, yeup, sounds like that might be the problem. @@CWorgen5732

@jt-gm6ji 4 ай бұрын

Same 😂

@erlendsorli3235 4 ай бұрын

This video was about as useful as a wet fart in that aspect..

@heathermiddleton4958 4 ай бұрын

Kevin, your commitment to a healthy lifestyle is evident. You look fit and healthy. Good for you.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Means a lot to hear this

@TheGardenDoc 4 ай бұрын

When I'm planting my carrots, I make little indentations 1 inch apart rather than making a trench. That way, when they sprout, my spacing is good, and I just have to thin the weakest in that 1 inch indented spot. Takes some of the measurement process out of it early on

@Arcticdi 4 ай бұрын

SMART! I will definitely try it.

@nkotowsk 4 ай бұрын

My current crop of carrots were seeded at 1” intervals with a pair of tweezers, while I sat in a patio chair at a comfortable height next to the raised bed. Better to thin it once as you’re planting and a quick once more after you see what germinates.

@mcgritty8842 19 күн бұрын

Good idea, but also limiting your potential harvest. I did this and after thinning lost 2 out of my 9 carrots. If I did rows, I would’ve had more potential carrots

@VaultDwellerGal 4 ай бұрын

Homestead is where the heart is. You’ve poured in your heart and soul in yours, and it absolutely shows; wow, it looks amazing! It’s picturesque spring over there! Will your gf’s carrot salad recipe be in a future episode?

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Yes!

@DDGLJ 4 ай бұрын

Great tips! Love the accidental carrot succession. I think beets like crowding because they come that way in the seeds. I heard another famous gardener say “they just want to be with their friends”. Don’t we all!

@nef4588 4 ай бұрын

As an avid watcher of both this channel and Garden Answer, I knew what those salvia's were the second you walked past them. I did the same thing here, im in 10b and they just thrive all year long. Everything just looks so awesome. Also ty for the test garden, and the into to coffee growing, I can't wait for an update on the coffee shrub. That and vanilla have me wanting those plants now

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Coffee update coming! Has mealybugs right now

@Gardenfrog 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the carrot growing tips. I sometimes mix French breakfast radishes in with my carrot seeds. The radishes also help break the soil surface to help the carrot seedlings break through and since they are ready to harvest in a month it creates spaces for the carrots to grow. Your carrots look wonderful. I’ve been struggling with rodents eating my root crops for the past couple of years. So frustrating.

@GoingGreenMom 4 ай бұрын

Any chance of collabs with Laura in the future? I know yall were in the same spot recently, but love watching you both!

@SexMusicPlants 4 ай бұрын

It would be 'epic'. 😁

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Don't tell anyone but May...

@GoingGreenMom 4 ай бұрын

@@epichomesteading Woot woot!

@speedymarie3594 4 ай бұрын

My dude you are looking so good and happy. The garden is gorgeous, thank you for these lovely videos! Carrot planting time for our family now 👍

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@SteveDOES 3 ай бұрын

Dang, you’re already harvesting carrots?! I’m just now planting mine. I need to keep up with your planting schedule.

@darcystephens6197 4 ай бұрын

I tried a new hack this year. I took radish, seeds, beet, seeds, and carrot seeds, mixed them, and then shook them out from an herb shaker into the bed to see how they would germinate together.

@juliehorney995 4 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@TM.BECK14 3 ай бұрын

How are they doing so far?

@lizlucey3812 3 ай бұрын

Love this idea! Any updates?

@projectoldman3383 4 ай бұрын

I hear you on the carrot choking, I've literally panicked multiple times but I lived and now I am a master masticater..

@lyndelgado6138 4 ай бұрын

"Nature will castigate those who do not mastigate."

@trayvixk4642 4 ай бұрын

The pond looks beautiful. I especially love the soft grass next to the salvia that's moving from the breeze.

@JuliePascal 4 ай бұрын

I got two farmer's market carrots. Yes, they were sold in baskets of two. Monster carrots. And they were tender and sweet! So far I've used one of them for two meals. I still have one left. I don't know what variety but definitely not the skinny ones from the grocery store. 😮

@bertram314 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the painted wall! Very fun and so much color and happiness!

@meysaeteurn7901 4 ай бұрын

Love the pond area. The flagstone patio, the lilies, and all the plants around the pond. ❤❤❤

@bowtielife 4 ай бұрын

Oh Carrot King Kev, Laura is watching! See this morning's video from her! 🤣 That's HILARIOUS!!

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Need to watch!

@smile30981 3 ай бұрын

Oooo! After seeing your onion experiment, I'm adding fertilizer trenches to my bed this week! Love your videos, I always learn a neat trick every time and your backyard is stunning 😎

@metalmartha2571 4 ай бұрын

Your May night Salvia is beautiful it over winters much colder that you’d believe. I live in zone 3b northern Saskatchewan Canada and my may night Salvia comes back when the snow melts every year🫶 the lil round grasses with the purple stem pom pom flowers that you couldn’t place the name..are called Thrift and are some 3-4 hardy. Thank you for the awesome garden tour!

@growinginportland 4 ай бұрын

Man,I need to grow carrots like that I’m trying so hard. I’m gonna keep the faith.

@jakefrechette3224 4 ай бұрын

The view from your Dad's bench keeps getting better and better!

@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica 4 ай бұрын

Your garden is absolutely amazing, Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge.

@AJsGreenThumbLLC 4 ай бұрын

Everything in your garden is looking so RIGHT Kevin. I think you've motivated me to start some carrots this season. Hopefully it isn't too late. Thanks for the upload!

@nildaotero2933 4 ай бұрын

Love the spring garden. Thanks for sharing

@emilygardner 4 ай бұрын

What a gorgeous spring garden!

@dllwillis 4 ай бұрын

I used to grow lots of carrots and potatoes until the voles and ground dwellers started destroying them. I love watching someone else’s success on this channel.😊

@juliehorney995 4 ай бұрын

How about growing in tall raised beds with hardware cloth at the base? Don't give up fellow gardener!

@andreat9847 4 ай бұрын

Same! They'd eat every last one. I've been planting carrots in 20 gallon grow bags the last few years and so far the voles have left them alone

@carolinem4093 4 ай бұрын

Bugs Bunny vibes. Absolutely love the pond!

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

Succession growing is the best. I’ve already started more carrots, even though I haven’t even harvest my first set I’m actually gonna be harvesting this week because before I can eat some of the carrots, we’re going to use them in a photo shoot for my grandbaby.

@kittiew260 4 ай бұрын

Go Kevin I have clay soil carrots hate me but I still try lol. The pond is looking beautiful

@jackofallnature7022 4 ай бұрын

Your pond is amazing.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jeannamcgregor9967 4 ай бұрын

I'm kicking myself for not harvesting my young asparagus this year...now that I know you can harvest the bigger ones until the new ones coming up dwindle to the diameter of pencils. Well, they'll be that much stronger and more plentiful next year... And that grass is Armeria, or sea thrift. It's beautiful but the dead flowers don't fall off or even fall over and look a bit crappy after a while.

@derna3336 3 ай бұрын

gott say, i was sick a week and in this time i just binge watched so many videos of you. i think i wrote it already at some video but kevin and jacques are just comedy gold. especially when lying at home with a cold.

@jeremiewampler 4 ай бұрын

Heck yeah carrot king Eric!!!!

@ren2ski 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video, the garden looks amazing, really appreciate the experiments thank you

@johnnyalegria 15 күн бұрын

lol love the Jacques jab at end! Love from Lakeside,ca

@terrivance8750 4 ай бұрын

Kevin, "Grass" w/ the pink flowers is Thrift. Being small, compact, & quite lovely, I use it in my Fairy Garden. 😊

@selecttravelvacations7472 4 ай бұрын

Thanks to your earlier germination trick on carrots, I actually have carrot seedlings everywhere this year! The Year of the Carrot, indeed! The spring garden looks beautiful, Kevin! The onions will be huge this year. The water pond, amazing! I wish I could grow Pride of Madeira where I am! Look forward to seeing yours in bloom. Thanks for the Spring Tour and the carrot tips! ❤

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Love to hear this!!!

@thailor 4 ай бұрын

Man Kev, you and Jacque have taught me SO much about growing and gardening, I couldn't thank you enough. Being a mechanic I probably don't seem like the type, but i'm absolutely in love and cannot stop, finally found something I love as much as turning wrenches thanks to you brother.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Love to hear this boss

@Plantsandpets9193 3 ай бұрын

I’ve just discovered your channel and enjoy it more than Laura’s. Love your and Jacque’s sense of humor, editing and gardening tips! Your projects are very relatable to the average gardener.

@ccj7942 3 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful garden!!

@sparkofhope-withkatrinadar8707 4 ай бұрын

I direct sowed my carrots yesterday. I’m hoping for a good harvest this year although I have never had success with carrots. Trying to learn all I can.

@brianmoore4299 4 ай бұрын

Poor Jacques. He certainly has the right temperment to handle all your "well meant" torment. I know you Love him but you might Love giving him #3!! More. 😂 Congrats on the success of your carrots and garden this spring.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Was giving him an entire greenhouse and celebrating him not enough? :)

@brianmoore4299 4 ай бұрын

@@epichomesteading I'm not sure if you misunderstood me. I know you love Jacques. Your teasing each other is fun to watch and to me actually is a sign of a good strong male relation - friendship. I apologize if I worded it in a way that perhaps confused you. In no way did I mean to imply that you are not nice to the garden hermit. You are a very generous individual from what I see with a unique trait of being able to tease your friends in a way that is seen by them as non threatening. I see it as a valuable characteristic.

@fordtelly6573 4 ай бұрын

@@brianmoore4299I think the error you made was putting "well meant" in quotes, which made it seem like you meant the opposite. But I fully agree with what you said in your clarification. I think some gentle teasing is a good sign of friendship too!

@gnargnar1992 4 ай бұрын

Pond is absolutely poppin off, Kev. Beautiful!

@therichsodyssey 4 ай бұрын

for the tomatos, I place them deep for the reason of they dont need to be water as much. they dont struggle in the heat because of they can reach water much deeper

@GrowingFoodMadeEasy 4 ай бұрын

loving your lotuses. beautiful Garden Kev.

@jelatinosa 4 ай бұрын

I love how he puts KEVIN real big on the screen when he comes on 😂 nobody dare mistake him(for an Eric)!

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

LOLLL

@catherinedonley2781 4 ай бұрын

The pond is beautiful! I especially love the water lilies.

@brendawiley4967 4 ай бұрын

I'm so jealous your garden is beautiful.I wish I could do that down here in florida.

@Boringcountrylife 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reminder!

@scallywags12 4 ай бұрын

I use grow big bags for my potatoes. Add soil on the bottom then add hay as it grows. No digging. Harvest is easy. Just dump the bag on a tarp and collect the spuds. Good for a small space.

@AshleysPZ 4 ай бұрын

Hay or straw? Does it make a difference??

@scallywags12 4 ай бұрын

@@AshleysPZ Either works fine. Might get the odd straw or hay seed come up. Also used leaves too.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Super handy way to grow them

@Josef_R 4 ай бұрын

Eric's throwing all kinds of shade at Jack.

@Alison2436 4 ай бұрын

So proud you have mastered the art of the carrot! they look great!

@juliemcgugan1244 4 ай бұрын

Asparagus, fresh and uncooked, straight out of the garden is the sweetest, most delicious thing! Same with corn. Much nicer than anything that comes out of my grocery store. Although a lot of fruit and veg is grown locally and organic, it takes a while to be harvested en masse, transported to the grocery store, unpacked and put out on shelves and in refrigerators (which dries them out,) and then bought and brought home. Even preparing and cooking the same day does not compare to what I have just taken out of my own garden.

@jesusknight1 4 ай бұрын

I have to do container gardening because the ground where I'm at is way too rocky and full of clay. I've never been able to successfully grow carrots though, so hopefully this will help me. Thanks!

@HealthyHabitsGrow 4 ай бұрын

Just found you today! Good work! Im learning so much! Still love my Jersey and NC bloggers tho. You are all so knowledgeable. We love the content! Keeps us motivated 😊

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Welcome to the crew!

@annsfrench 4 ай бұрын

I love water lilies but my fav are lotuses! The dried seed pods are the bomb! 😊

@Junzar56 4 ай бұрын

Really looks good!

@jimriley9697 4 ай бұрын

Yard is looking good. Need some giant veggies in there somewhere

@HeatherH1 4 ай бұрын

The shade on the grocery store carrots and Jacques Bulgarianness lol. Those bee flowers are beautiful!

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Violated him

@StardewHomestead 4 ай бұрын

The new setup and paths are looking so good! 😍 I'm predicting this to be the best growing season yet

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Agree

@GreenThumbGardener65 4 ай бұрын

Wow! You have become quite the mad scientist! 😂 love it!

@Qwrirq 4 ай бұрын

Good job with your trees, the growth is incredible given the time frame. It's brutal how much one has to cut them down, I'll have to do it with 6 trees this spring and I'm not looking forward to it.

@Plantandpeoplecarer 4 ай бұрын

I love Laura too! I watch you both my favourite gardeners ❤️❤️

@nicholejohnson4275 4 ай бұрын

12:16 Love the carrot forrest, I can imagine my son playing trex and pulling carrots from his toy dinosaur mouth 🦖 🥕 He can thin the small carrots 😂🌱

@TinMan445 3 ай бұрын

The lotus and koi are beautiful

@shirleyn4677 4 ай бұрын

Beets! Can’t seem to grow beets to save my life. Carrots…only grew it once but took way too long. Thumbs up to stellar spring garden! I’m jeally.😊

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

You'll get beets down!

@tankthetortoise5650 4 ай бұрын

Carrot king Eric

@dibamoca9885 4 ай бұрын

This feud you’re trying to get going should be quite entertaining 😆

@siobhanmacleod7957 4 ай бұрын

Need some more Chef Kevin animations! 😂

@sharpland 4 ай бұрын

Looking amazing back there, Pond Daddy!

@glow1815 4 ай бұрын

I didn't want to space my carrots even my daughter told i should. When it was time to harvest guess what some grew tiny some wraped each other. And very hard to pulled. I pulled one 7 or 9 comes out because they were stuck together. I didn't really make a mistake i actually wanted to experience it. I grew them in just 1 line all the space i had. But i love them little more sweeter. None were deformed nor has disease just not huge. We harvest about 50 carrots ( not at once) i grew the multi colors carrots. Just started another batch 3 weeks ago. This time will space it lol

@northerngirlhobbies 4 ай бұрын

Good morning… awesome and I appreciate your sense of humour!

@annsfrench 4 ай бұрын

I love your corkscrew rush spiralis! I would love to know what kind of salvia that was by your pond. Have you every grown African blue basil? It’s a perennial for us in zone 10. It’s a hybrid that doesn’t set seeds but roots readily from cuttings. The bees love it.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Good eye on the rush! Grown African Blue Basil for YEARS, it's in the greenhouse right now!

@thetommantom 4 ай бұрын

I like how you put the growing zone on your intro I think you might as well ad the date you recorded for perspective maybe even put like a weekly weather forecast under it high low Temps and sun rain or clouds

@m.manning9026 3 ай бұрын

The shade at the end 😂😂❤

@anitahernandez1207 4 ай бұрын

From what I have learned, the results of applying fertilizer to inground gardening will always depend on the quality of the soil (microorganisms) and the seed (plant). Then there are environmental factors like bugs and critters, even weather. The aftermath of depending on fertilizer, is that it may not train the soil to learn how to become healthy and you will need to keep buying and applying fertilizer. Plants, fruits and vegetables have microbes that somehow are of benefit to the human microbiome. A plant can look healthy and have basic nutrition due to fertilizing but lack microbes or other nutrition. That is the issue with relying on commercial fertilizers.

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Accurate

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

HA HA !!., I feel the same way you do Kevin I’ve gotten really good it. It took me four years to figure it out but I’ve gotten pretty good at carrots. This year is my best best harvest, which I haven’t even pulled all of them because I want to pull as I go but man they are good I did the Devon is it Davenport Daven Hong so they’re great. Those are actually sold by the scoop or the pound at my local feed store here in Houston. This guy‘s been around forever and he sells a lot of seeds by the scoop that is a lost tradition I hear so, and he also grows things that are gonna be perfect for our area.🥕🥕🥕 Also, he sells y’all brand of seeds “ Quality feed store in Houston Texas”

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

By the scoop! That is epic

@luccala 4 ай бұрын

=) I love the shade thrown Jacques' way

@mnorhave 4 ай бұрын

So jealus of this envioment, i still have to remove frost from my car windows in the mornings. and i think i started some of my seeds way to early :-) Gonna have tomato plants all around the house soon, trying to find spaces for them to get light.

@SarahJustVlogs 4 ай бұрын

I was going to send this video to my cousin but there were no carrot tips for like 3-4 min… I love your videos but maybe update us about the garden at the end if your video is about carrots

@LearnCreateLove 4 ай бұрын

I did the square foot gardening method with bulb onions. Nine in a square foot was too much. They bolted before filling out and looked kind of like leeks. It will be interesting how your experiment turns out. Good luck

@epichomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Makes sense!

@cynthiaarmstronghopefulhom9672 4 ай бұрын

So,many wonderful variations of beautiful colors it look just fabulous.🌹🥀🌷🌸🌺💐

@PorchGardeningWithPassion 4 ай бұрын

Hahaha hey Carrot King!

@jesusknight1 4 ай бұрын

I'm allergic to cedar and pine, but those are really beautiful!

@dwbriggs39 4 ай бұрын

The grass with the pink flowers poking out is called Thrift.

@Thingys-Jill 4 ай бұрын

I believe those clumps of graasy green with the pink flowers by the pond and salvia are called armeria (something close to that).

@suekuly4723 4 ай бұрын

Looking good Kevin.

@Seraph318 4 ай бұрын

Hey Kev! Garden is looking amazing, I am trying a lot more flowers this season as well, and I agree that it adds so much more to the ambiance of the garden; really makes you want to be out there more. Also, over the cool season (Central FL) I was able to grow my first ever carrots from seed, Shin Kuroda from BotanicalInterests, I grew about 3 10gallon grow bags with them all spaced like 4" apart, they all did amazing and were the best carrots I have ever eaten, and now I just don't even want to think about store bought carrots lol. I watched alot of yours/Jacques videos, so wanted to say thank you! I watched your videos to help learn how to grow all of the plants that I have grown, I found your main channel several years ago and started a mini herb garden in my windowcill, now I have to hold myself back from expanding beyond my space limitations lol.

@GrowingFoodMadeEasy 4 ай бұрын

I'm also Central Florida. Good to know grow bags did well for you with carrots.

@Seraph318 4 ай бұрын

@@GrowingFoodMadeEasy Oh yeah, I love grow bags! I rent the house I'm at currently, so I have 4 birdies beds but fill them with grow bags instead, can easily swap plants out, move them if theres any disease/pest issues, and the increased drainage really helps with all the rain! Can be a downside in the dead of summer, but I did Carrots, roma+sungold tomatoes, cucumber, napa cabbage, dinosaur kale, pigeon pea, beans, peas, large squash, tomatillos, peppers, peanuts, onions, shallots, herbs, etc etc. All of them have done fantastic here in grow bags :D

@Seraph318 4 ай бұрын

@@GrowingFoodMadeEasy also, subbed :D

@GrowingFoodMadeEasy 4 ай бұрын

@@Seraph318 very interesting 🤔 I would have never considered some of those. Great to know! Thank you.

@GrowingFoodMadeEasy 4 ай бұрын

@@Seraph318 awesome! 😃 were your onions started from seeds or sets? How was growing peanuts? I’ve never tried before. Also, what potting mix are you using? My personal favorite is happy frog potting mix or straight black kow manure.

@andralandi1108 4 ай бұрын

I just want to say thank you for making me feel seen as someone else who frequently and very specifically inhales and chokes on tiny pieces of carrot. End the stigma. Seriously though, why is it ALWAYS carrots? They always seem to somehow end up in my nasal cavity and then I have to do a weird sniffing thing to get them out 😬😳

@victoriaperez3574 4 ай бұрын

Carrot King Eric 😂😂😂

@yqqoq 4 ай бұрын

We want irrigation vid!

@DuongGarden 4 ай бұрын

Carrots are very good. I planted it but the roots are too small. When they grow a little, the stem will split in half. I do not know why. Watching you grow up makes me excited again. Tomorrow I have to plant some carrots to eat. Hopefully I can eat them this time.

@janebrown3096 4 ай бұрын

You can make carrot top pesto. Not wasting any of that beautiful plant

@plantlvr 4 ай бұрын

English thyme can be kind of thuggish imop, I like the French variety, more tidy.

@mercurybard9794 4 ай бұрын

That's the best the pond has ever looked

@thetommantom 4 ай бұрын

My mom likes Salvia and she also kills everything and neglects everything so when I am cleaning the flower beds the dead stuff breaks off real easy and sometimes a little bit of green and roots come along too and I've successfully planted 2-3 and thats when I knew the right conditions for transplanting I rake the leaves and grass sticks to the leaves and literally trees get blown into my yard huge bare root end up in my front yard really crazy I've planted a few trees that way they like 1 foot to 16 inches and look like little branches that broke off but sometimes they are actual bare root trees