pwnytailjoe's 2nd Grow Journal[featuring Dr. Earth and the breeders of pHenohunter.org]

[pwnytailjoe]

@pwnytailjoe About those nice purple carrots you grew - do they taste like the orange ones ? I’ve been eating a lot of orange ones from our recent garden harvest ?And hella nice genetics in your garden

They're no different than 'regular' carrots except for a heavy coating of anthocyanin around the outside. If you leave them in water too long it starts to come off and when you steam them the water in the steamer part turns a dark purple/black. We planted them everywhere with regulars as well but the purples had a better germ rate. I think the orange seeds were a few years old.

 

[pwnytailjoe]

I got almost all white carrots

White carrots kinda sit uneasy with me for some reason. They're the devil's work, I tell ya! ?

 

[GthaEnigma]

White carrots kinda sit uneasy with me for some reason. They're the devil's work, I tell ya! ?

Too easily confused with parsnips.

 

[pwnytailjoe]

Too easily confused with parsnips.

Maybe that's it. I haven't had parsnips since I was a kid... a few decades ago. I don't even remember how they taste. The fruitstand down the road sold bouquets of carrots- orange, purple, and white. The wife put them in stew so I couldn't really say how they taste.

 

[Sugar Pops420]

Maybe that's it. I haven't had parsnips since I was a kid... a few decades ago. I don't even remember how they taste. The fruitstand down the road sold bouquets of carrots- orange, purple, and white. The wife put them in stew so I couldn't really say how they taste.

Parsnip has a ‘nip’ to it for sure, and I could see it giving a tummy problems.. And though it looks like a white carrot, it’s ‘bite back’ would let ya know in a hurry it ain’t no carrot!…lol

 

[Dino Party]

oh man I love parsnips. roasted with some beets and potatoes, and mashed are my two favorite preparations.

edit I planted "carrot tape" which was a super thin, skinny strip of tissue paper with seeds every couple inches, so you just hoe yo' row, put down a line of the seed tape, and bury it. So i'm not sure if they had just loaded that one with more white carrots or what.