A-Z of growing healthy carrots

Carrots at a demonstration farm at Fleciah Kinyua’s farm near Mukinduri village, Kirinyaga County, on August 17, 2016. [File, Standard]

Growing carrots seems simple to any farmer, but without careful consideration you may end up with poor crop. I have grown carrots before, the mistake I did is growing them in clay soil. The end result was stunted crop with short roots. The clay soil prevented the plant roots from going deeper than they should. By growing carrots on my own, I learned what works and what doesn’t. The following tips would help you to sidestep my failures and give you big and sweet carrots.