carrots

[piegirl]

Yesterday I was pulling some of remaining carrots. The shoulders looked good but some were only 2", some were split to the core, some were huge. What causes the splits? We have had several freezes but they are fairly well protected. No rain for a month maybe that contributes to the split. The variety is chatnuey (sp) and danvers half long. The soil was double dug and has lots of compost worked in over the years. Thanks - piegirl