October plot tour and my best carrot ever.

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

🥕😊👍

[@robertmeakings9774]

Good video Nick great size carrots 🥕 mate👍🥔🌱

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Thanks Robert, my best ever.👌👍😁

[@terrykingsallotmentgardening]

My carrots have done well in the containers this season. Nice update Nick. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@terrykingsallotmentgardening Hi Terry I wasn't expecting it to be so big, totally chuffed.👍👌😁💪

[@terrykingsallotmentgardening]

@nickthegardener.1120 definitely do it again, but don't rely on them always do them in different ways and locations.

[@allotmentjoy]

Great result Nick. The carrot looks all of 45cm. The other's aren't to sniff about either. I'd cut around the split. It will fit in the pot nontheless 😁🥕🥕 I harvested my brocoli ages ago before cabbage whites appeared. Pretty purple berried (xxxprofusion). I like the mauve daisy plant. Great for pollinators. Blue sky harvests always good. Elaine 🌱 🥕🥕🥕🐿🍂🍁🪱🪱🪱

[@nickthegardener.1120]

I'm definitely growing carrots in this bin again, I might raise it up slightly or I could net them to prevent the flies. Going to the shop to get some ingredients for a shepherd's pie 🥧😊👌👍

[@Vermicompost]

That is amazing the carrot is so big without splitting!! Love that you have so many compost barrels and worm farms around the allotment!! Great picture of your harvest at the end!!🪱🪱🪱

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@Vermicompost thanks Patrick definitely my best ever carrots.👌👍😁

[@NanasWorms]

Hi Nick, great idea to use a bin with a handle on your inground worm bin. We just buried 5 gallon buckets with no holes and Landon has to pull crazy to get them out of the ground! They are my easiest worm bins to manage. ~ Sandra 🥕

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@NanasWorms It was thanks to you why I made one as I watched your video. It was quite easy to pull out but the soil level has dropped because it was mainly compost. Thanks for the inspiration to make it. Just got back from the shop with ingredients for cottage pie as they didn't have any lamb mince left. 👌👍🥧

[@NanasWorms]

Sounds so good on an autumn day! ~ Sandra

[@18Bees]

Great job on the worm bins. I do the same. I’ve got 18 of them and they make a huge difference to the soil. And in the spring, I turned them upside down and harvested all the recycle materials throw into my soil and all over the garden. All these mystery plants suddenly start sprouting quite a miracle honestly, I love my red wigglers. Great job on the Carrots.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@18Bees I need to plant some garlic soon so I might use the contents of the worm bin on that bit of soil.😁👌👍

[@18Bees]

@@nickthegardener.1120 thanks for the reminder on the garlic. I did it for the first time last year and we got a bumper crop. Do you plane in ground or raised bed?

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@18Bees I had a mixed harvest of some good but mostly rotten garlic 🤢, the best result I had was growing in a container last year.😁👌👍

[@myrustygarden]

Wow cous lots still growing and going, the comfrey looks great. It is getting Canada cold here now and the rains are on the way. My broad beans are doing well I just hope we don’t get our minus 14c again this winter. Collecting leaves 🍁 🍂🍃🍁🍂 here now as they fall. Awesome harvests still, stay warm and dry, Ali 🌞🥶☔️🇨🇦

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@myrustygarden Hi cous I received some onion seeds! Thanks so much!! Got to sub to the channel so I can take part. Bloody rainy again today 😔, typical.👍👌😁🥕💪

[@myrustygarden]

@@nickthegardener.1120 cool I think UK is ailsa version of onion but hey these said up to 15lb so what the heck 😄 I thought a cross the pond challenge was in order

[@izzywizzy2361]

Lovely big carrots, and your prize one is a whopper! They look juicy and tasty as well. I spread a packet of field beans over an empty bed after harvesting onions and not one came up, mice and squirrels I presume😮. Happy gardening😊 Izzy👍

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@izzywizzy2361 thanks Izzy, it was a whopper 😁, I've still not sent your parcel, I've been completely rubbish 😕 but I can put some broad bean seeds in too now. Im in a rut and have no enthusiasm for anything except working, I will sort myself out soon so bear with me. Thanks for watching 😁👍

[@izzywizzy2361]

@@nickthegardener.1120 Thankyou, that would be so kind! I am not surprised you feel a bit rubbish after all the upheavals this year, you will get there… are there any seeds I can send you as a reciprocal gesture? I have loads of sweet peas and parsnips?

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@izzywizzy2361 that would be kind of you, I have never grown sweet peas before so they would be good 👍😁

[@izzywizzy2361]

@@nickthegardener.1120 if you email me your address I will get that sorted👍🤗

[@GardeningandMyDailyLife]

Nhìn khu vườn của bạn thích thật ,đất rất màu mỡ và tơi xốp ,rau của bạn cũng phát triển rất tốt .

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@GardeningandMyDailyLife thanks for watching 👍👌😁💪🥕

[@TheRightPearPlot]

All looking so neat and tidy N no Nick 😊 Fabulous carrot 🥕 still need to thin mine out. Allie 🤗

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@TheRightPearPlot Thanks Allie, it was a bit of a suprise, definitely my best carrot 😁👌👍

[@sowgroweat6987]

Plot is looking great as always, and that Carrot bin is producing so well

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@sowgroweat6987 Thanks Mike, it was last year's compost from the tomatoes, it had lots of vermiculite in so didn't want to mix in with the soil, I think it did a great job. I'm definitely doing carrots this way again although I might put a net over or around them next time for extra protection from the root fly.😁👍🥧

[@ericandrachallotmenteers]

Fab Nick! We have one of those old black bins and I told Eric we need to do this! Thanks for sharing, hope you are well 🙌🏽💚 Rach

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@ericandrachallotmenteers hi Rachael it was old compost too, thanks for watching.👍😁

[@ericandrachallotmenteers]

@@nickthegardener.1120 😄 how many carrots are in there? As you've had it growing them for a while now haven't you? Old stuff usually the best 😆👍🏽

[@adoseofdave3385]

Looks very tidy Nick - that carrot is the business, Take Care

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@adoseofdave3385 Thanks Dave, it tasted good too.👍😁🥧

[@Offgridlee444]

Your garden looks great! Nice carrots 🥕

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@Offgridlee444 Thanks, I use the no dig method which frees up lots of time, it almost runs itself now. I'm super happy with the carrot.😁👌👍

[@GanggangPeanut]

Nick i loved the way you measured the carrot..3 hands big..brilliant mate🤣

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@GanggangPeanut it's a very accurate method of measuring 😁👍

[@GanggangPeanut]

@@nickthegardener.1120 🤣🤣🤣

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@GanggangPeanut they measure horses in hands, I should have said 3 horses big🤣

[@GanggangPeanut]

@@nickthegardener.1120 that would be a bloody massive carrot 😂😂😂

[@adysveggarden]

Hi Nick, that's a whopper of a carrot, that bin has worked well for you.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@adysveggarden hi Ady I might insert a drainpipe to make it taller so I can grow 1 massive one for next year, might go Malvern 😁💪👍🥕

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Hi Nick, Everything is looking good 👍 to me 🤠

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 hi Peggy not a bad carrot and I was happy with the red cabbage too. Meadow and Julia will have a feast or maybe some coleslaw 😁👌👍 I'm just about to prepare cottage pie.🥧👌👍

[@annieskitchengarden818]

Hi Nick, Wow.. that carrot was a monster! I'm not at all jealous!!! Take care, Annie 🐞 🐝 🌱

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@annieskitchengarden818 thanks Annie definitely my biggest yet.👌😁👍

[@allotmental.]

Great harvest. I didn't get a single carrot this year so very jealous of yours!!

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@allotmental. Try the bin method, it was last year's used compost which I sifted again and an old bin that had holes in. Definitely my best ever carrots 👌👍😁

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

i am always amazed by how pristine your plot looks - i think that will be my goal for next year 😊. fantastic carrot by the way

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@StellasVegetablegardens Thanks Stella, I only go once a week now 😞, but no dig helps with weeding and watering so it's never too bad.👌👍😁

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

@@nickthegardener.1120 it helps when the allotment neighbours keep their weeds down but sadly they rarely turn up to clear their spaces.

[@RawLondonGardener]

My carrots are pants, I'll retry next year. Nice video

[@nickthegardener.1120]

My carrots were rubbish too, remember to sow thinly too.👌👍😁

[@kitchenGardenofficalchannel027]

So Nice 💞👌👌👌

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@kitchenGardenofficalchannel027 thanks, was beginning to think that I couldn't grow carrots 👍🤣👌🥕🥕

[@BeFree-BeFrugal]

Nice looking carrots

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@BeFree-BeFrugal Thanks Jill, I wasn't expecting it to be that big but they have been in since march I think. 👍👌🥧😁

[@RobinGardens]

Love that worm bin.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@RobinGardens they do a great job 👍😁

[@ALTNABREAC]

I've subscribed to get some tips Nick 👍. We tried growing Broccoli once here, and it just grew about 6ft and flowered.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@ALTNABREAC Thanks for subscribing, id better put out some better videos 🤣👍😮

[@ricsgarden7394]

A few years back I started planting onions in between a lot of my early green plants. I never see bugs on my onions, and by adding them, I feel like it has decreased the bug damage on my cabbage, broccoli, and greens ect. I just put a single onion every 3 or 4 feet. And they make onions too.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Companion plants definitely benefit each other and is better for the soil microorganisms.👌👍

[@18Bees]

@@nickthegardener.1120 exactly.

[@joannehartland-hanson8629]

Fab carrot. My carrots were food for slugs this year. Never been successful either with them.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Slugs have been a real problem this year, I tri put the bin lid on at the start so they wouldn't get eaten but I trapped a couple in there, luckily I found them before they had eaten the seedlings.👍👌😁

[@glassbackdiy3949]

Nice carrot Nick, I have insect net bags that fit over 30L tubs for carrots, sowing maincrop carrots in the tubs after first early spuds come out worked really well with the net bags, maybe you can find insect netting for fruit trees that would fit over the bin, I've seen some 1.5x1M when I was shopping around for the tub nets.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@glassbackdiy3949 good idea to use the bags but I'm too cheap🤣, I've got some netting already which I can chop off and use. The big carrot had a tiny amount of root fly but there's room for improvement.😁👍

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Lovely!

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@DigwellGreenfingers thanks Steve 🥕👍👌😁

[@mandamoosgardeningadventur8305]

What a beast of a carrot 🥕 well done.. Can you eat that purple berry thing near the end? Cheers Nick...😊🐄🐄🐄

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@mandamoosgardeningadventur8305 hi Manda no can't eat the purple berries but birds will eat them. Great carrot 🤤🥕😁👍

[@BETAMandailing91]

Thanks for sharing my friend super like

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Thanks for watching super appreciate it.👍👌😁

[@FoodThymeAndGarden]

from canada

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@FoodThymeAndGarden thanks for watching 👍😁

[@TonyandTeddysWorld]

That's a big carrot Nick

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@TonyandTeddysWorld I wasn't expecting it to be that big, the others were half it's length, they're might be another in there. Definitely a great way to use old compost and an old bin.👍👌😁

[@TraceysCookingNAllotment]

How do you find the kalibros canbage ?? I think its to strong flavour for me. Rhabi in slaw is nice 😊 Wooooaaahhhh look at that carrot 🥕 bloody amazing 👏

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@TraceysCookingNAllotment I didn't try it, I think Julia is going to make coleslaw with the ingredients, I will try some if there's any left.😁👍

[@michaelsplot]

💪🥕🥕🥕👍

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@michaelsplot thanks Michael 😁👍

[@Allotment.Newbie-Jenna]

Fab carrots!! Mine have been none existent this year 😢 however if you watch video 38 of mine you should see the parsnip I pulled up! Wow 😮

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Thanks Jenna, I will take a look. 👍👌😁

[@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172]

that's a corker of a carrot, nick...................brian

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172 I normally sow too thickly and use a shallower container but this year has been y best ever. Thanks Brian 👍👌

[@shawnsgarden3742]

Decent carrot mate, ive chucked a link in my latest vid for ya, so close to that 1k milestone, hope it helps..

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@shawnsgarden3742 Thanks, I will take a look now. Not put much content out so the sub count has slowed down so thanks.😁👍👌

[@Jimmy.Plot.41.b]

Great video Nick, thats some nice sized carrots mate, even the fat stumpy one will peel and go into the pot, hope mine are like that when i start to pull them. Who do you think is favourite nopw for the sspc ? 😉

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@Jimmy.Plot.41.b thanks Jimmy, I think Robert is the favourite this year or maybe Duncan. If I get top 5 I will be happy enough. I was happy with the harvest and I think I have left some room for improvement next year. Definitely my best carrot 👍👌

[@Jimmy.Plot.41.b]

@@nickthegardener.1120 nice 1 mate

[@CoastalGardensNW]

thats a stonker mate

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@CoastalGardensNW Thanks mate, I wasn't going for a big one but I ain't complaining. I might have a go at growing a bigger one next year now.😁👍🥕