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Gardeners’ Forum: “Bitter Carrots and Beets”

• Bitter Carrots and Beets

  Posted by Henk Rietveld on Sunday, February 11, 2001 12:00 am AST

  Last year our carrots and beets did not do well and were bitter. Does anyone have any ideas what might be missing from our soil?

  • re: Bitter Carrots and Beets

    Posted by An Avid Gardener on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:00 am AST

    I too have had this problem but I think I've solved it. The first year I was gardening the soil wasn't the richest on earth but I slowly corrected that. I live in an area that has lots of lime in the soil and I added some every year. Since the natural lime was probably sufficent I didn't need that lime. I also noticed that my carrots tend to be bitter in dry years and sweet in years thar aren't so dry, so make sure you give your plants plenty of water. Good luck!

  • re: Bitter Carrots and Beets

    Posted by Henk Rietveld on Tuesday, April 3, 2001 11:15 am ADT

    Thanks very much, we'll get on the water and lime. Henk