What makes carrots woody

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Would you grow a Pomato or Brimato? Keep it up! November - Veggie Tales Quote from: sunshineband on October 28, , Salmo Hero Member Location: Peterborough I have mostly finished them by the end of the year.

After that the slugs and voles get at them. With this mild weather I expect the slugs will have done a lot of damage. I get the impression that modern varieties do not go woody. They do get a bit harder as they get bigger and there is nothing like the first young carrots pulled in early Summer. You too suffer from the dreaded voles too then, Salmo Bane of my life on our plot.

I like voles and have a family live in my compost heap. One of their tricks with carrots is to tunnel down and eat the carrot from below. Carrot looks normal until you pull it, just a thin outer skin all the inside gone. I agree with Salmo. I don't leave mine in the ground long enough to go woody, as the slugs will eat them.