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The secret to growing straight carrots is matching carrot variety to soil type and tilth.Carrots need a loose, open, even-textured soil to the depth where their main roots form. If you have a sandy loam soil, you can grow any type of carrot, including the longest imperatorvarieties, like you see in supermarkets. In a heavy clay or rocky soil, choose 6-7" nantes varieties, or the thick, cone-shaped chantenay carrots. Mini or radish-style carrots like 'Babette' or 'Romeo' can be grown in containers as shallow as 6", or in clay or rocky soils.If you match carrot type to soil type, you're much more likely to get straight carrots, but carrots can also fork or split from too much fertilizer or uneven watering. Carrots are light feeders, and excess nitrogen encourages large leafy tops with small, woody or twisted roots. Letting the soil dry out too much between rains or watering can also create split roots.


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