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Posted by kayinpa

I dont remember having an ant problem with carrots last year (my first time growing them)....I just remember that they seemed to grow a little slower than I thought they should LOL. Not sure if I was doing something wrong or what. Anyway...is their a possibility that you can grow them indoors in a container....especially if they are baby carrots. Just a thought!

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Posted by OurLittleHomestead

We've never had ant problems--but one year, back a few years ago...ours grew down about 2" and then grew sideways another inch or so.

Soil was just too clay like and hard for em to grow straight down I guess.......

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Lisa

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Posted by NewHarvestHomestead

I have never had ants bother my carrots, either. But you may actually have an aphid or whitefly problem. Ants herd and farm aphids and whiteflys on other plant stems and stalks. Vigilant spraying down of the leaves of your plants may take care of that. Try diatomaceous earth around your plants, it is abrasive to ants. Or, if you can plant your carrots in a raised bed with a wooden frame, smear Tanglefoot around the perimeter of the wood to create a barrier against the ants.

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Lisa

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Posted by Nonni

to avoid the ants, maybe with companion planting? But, I have read the using tp. tubes to start plants in, transplanting is more successful since you plant the whole tube. It *might* even prove as a barrier for the ants temporarily until it decomposes away.
I found some really great companion planting articles at the backwoodshome.com website in their archives.

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