carrots

15 years ago

How does one tell the difference in the wild carrot (Queen Anne's Lace) and domestic carrots when they are little? I have an abundance of both in my garden and don't know how to tell them apart at this stage. Is there a difference?

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sharont
15 years ago
Again, this one weed that I can't seem to get rid of because I let the flowers go to seed in the fall!
Even using a whipper snipper to cut them back to ground level doesn't stop them from producing a short flower stalk and eventually seeds!
So I dig them out. The tap root is beige not orange. Some are so established that the root is huge. But still a beige colour. Domestic garden carrot varieties usually do not survive our winters to produce the flower and seed pods the following year.
(As a Girl Guide Camp Advisor I had the campers dig them up and eat them. Edible native plants etc. LOL)
triple_b
15 years ago
(As a Girl Guide Camp Advisor I had the campers dig them up and eat them. Edible native plants etc. LOL)
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at least you didn't have them foraging and eating grubs.haha.
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