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Farmer admire carrots at a demonstration farm [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

Growing carrots seem simple to any farmer, but without careful consideration, you may end up with a poor crop. I have grown carrots before, the mistake I did is growing them in clay soil. The end result was a stunted crop with short roots. The clay soil prevented the plant roots from going deeper than they should have. 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.

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