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Desde há 3 anos que todos os anos experimento semear cenouras. Sempre sem sucesso. Nem sequer germinam. Este ano resolvi experimentar uma ultima vez. Usei a tecnica da serapilheira que vi num outro blog. Consiste em semear e cobrir com serapilheira de forma a manter a humidade e evitar o crescimento das daninhas. O resultado não foi fantastico mas ainda assim bastante melhor que nos outros anos. A taxa de germinação foi relativamente baixa mas ainda assim tenho cenouras a crescer.
Ever since I first started my vegetable garden, 3 years ago, I've tried to grow carrots. Always without success . I just couldn't understand why, but I wasn't going to give up on them. This year I tried once again. I used the burlap technique Which I red about in another blog. You just sow the seeds and cover them with burlap. This will help to keep the moisture and prevent weed growth.
The result, though far from great, was a lot better then before, and we have carrots growing in the veg garden.
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Encorajado pelo relativo sucesso resolvi experimentar uma outra coisa. Lembrei-mer q tinha uma velha banheira na horta ainda à espera de destino e resolvi enchê-la de composto. Semeei cebolas, cenouras e rabanetes. As cebolas e os rabanetes já estão com um tamanho jeitoso e agora, finalmente começam a germinar as cenouras. Comparando com as que semeei anteriormente a taxa de germinação é muito melhor.
So, since I was finally having some degree of success with carrots I decided to try something diferent. I Remembered I had an old bath tub just laying around waiting to be used and turned it into a raised bed. I filled it with compost and sowed carrots, onions and radishes. Carrots and radishes were fast to germinate and grow, but the carrots are only starting to sprout. The germination rate is a lot higher then with the ones I sowed directly on the ground.
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Não consigo explicar a diferença entre a taxa de germinação nos dois locais, mas cá me parece que vou passar a semear as cenouras sempre na banheira.
I can't realy explain the differences in germination rates, but one thing I'm sure...I'll keep on sowing carrots in the bath tub.