Carrotzilla

[JeffinNZ]

Pulled this bad boy on Saturday. 1/2oz shy of 3lb!

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A little woody but not too bad.

[btroj]

A little woody? A little? I would expect it to be like eating a stick.

[Col4570]

Crikey,what do you use for plant food.With a bit of coriander that would make a gallon of Soup.You must have some good Soil down there.I have distant memories of the hospitable Kiwis during the 50s.Merchant Navy,visited Aukland Wellington and New Plymouth.

[wlc]

What variety of carrot??

[Garyshome]

Nice!

[Pb2au]

Jeff,
Do you happen to live near any atomic research facilities, or had a meteor land near your garden?
Does your garden glow at night?
Have you ever read "James and the giant peach" by Roald Dahl? You might want to check that out for the kids.

[C. Latch]

Seeing your pics of giant rabbits (ok, hares) and carrots is humorous, in a way. NZ sounds like a neat place. Especially when you throw Red Deer into the mix.

[snuffy]

WOW! Better keep your eyes peeled, ol' bugs will be out to get his winter supply of carrot---(no "S").

But you're NOT supposed to talk about gardening on this forum, somebody will declare war on you!:coffeecom

[Bad Water Bill]

Looks like a very cute bunnie wabbit has several lunches AND dinners there.

[SSGOldfart]

WOW! Better keep your eyes peeled, ol' bugs will be out to get his winter supply of carrot---(no "S").

But you're NOT supposed to talk about gardening on this forum, somebody will declare war on you!:coffeecom
Hummm I was told the same thing but I never understand why I shoot in the garden alot:coffeecom:kidding:

[SSGOldfart]

now that's a carrot did you get just this one or was the whole crop extra Large??

[foesgth]

But you're NOT supposed to talk about gardening on this forum, somebody will declare war on you!:coffeecom

They make carrot oil. I'm sure that it would be great for an additive to Boolit lube! There now the conversation isn't about gardening.

[Hardcast416taylor]

And how far away from your place is the nearest nuclear power plant?Robert

[theperfessor]

Enough vegetable in one piece for a family of four or more... Impressive!

I'd be even more impressed except that for years my father owned a commercial greenhouse/florist shop and even today at age 90 he still gardens as best he can. Many of his friends are/were gardeners, and over the years I've seen more mutant vegetables than you can imagine. Tomatoes the size of small pumpkins, turnips and potatoes the size of cannon balls, gooseberries the size of ping pong balls, etc. And always the race to have the first tomato of the season.

I admire folks that can grow things. I can't, so it's a good thing I can run a milling machine.

[tward]

Nice Jeff! Had some Royal Chantney carrot in dug in the spring through the snow, about half that size but still impressed the neighbors. Thanks for posting! Tim:D

[JeffinNZ]

What variety of carrot??

Wish I could remember. Must keep a gardening diary.

What I can confirm is where I planted I had dug a lot of sand into the soil and this created a light mix of media. Was drier too. And Frodo the cat sleeps in the carrot bed between the tops, out of the wind, in the shade. I think the big, fluffy fellow has incubated it!!!

[frankenfab]

Great photos. I bet that carrot would be good sliced like thick cut tater chips and deep fried.��

[Ed Barrett]

Nice carrot! Down here in the Ozarks we can't grow carrots like that. they are crooked because they have to grow around the rocks.

[Pereira]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

[xs11jack]

If you got carrots like that, how big are your rabbits?
Ole Jack

[JeffinNZ]

If you got carrots like that, how big are your rabbits?
Ole Jack

This big.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/No4a021_zps32123b8e.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/No4a021_zps32123b8e.jpg.html)

You did ask.

[jsizemore]

Them deer look to be in velvet!

[MaryB]

A little Fukushima fallout? Wow that is one big carrot. Could make a quart of juice from that thing!

[Groovy]

Great gardening, this is something I never expected to see in a reloading forum. I am respectfully omitting the Hobbit jokes after my wife viewed this carrot.

[Frank46]

Mutant carrots. Frank

[Bad Water Bill]

Jeff

If your girls eat that whole carrot they will have 20/20 eyesight till they are 100 years old.:kidding:

Well that is what my mother told me.

[William Yanda]

.....sand dug into the soil
....the cat SLEEPS there....

Are you sure all the cat did was sleep?

[DCM]

One heck of a carrot & and one cute rabbit holding it.

Those other rabbits look to be larger than the buttstock of the rifle, quite impressive also. Now I'm hungry.

[bgokk]

Nice carrot! Down here in the Ozarks we can't grow carrots like that. they are crooked because they have to grow around the rocks.

I can relate to that. My yard grows rocks.:mrgreen: But not much grass.[smilie=b:

[TXGunNut]

A little woody? A little? I would expect it to be like eating a stick.

If it doesn't work out he could grind it up and use it for flux. ;-)

[Driver man]

Well done Jeff. its been another good growing year. Ive just pulled everything up getting ready for winter but I didnt get any carrots like yours.

[JeffinNZ]

Well done Jeff. its been another good growing year. Ive just pulled everything up getting ready for winter but I didnt get any carrots like yours.

Pulled one last evening that was about 1/3 the size so still very large. Texture was a lot better.

[ACrowe25]

Wish I could remember. Must keep a gardening diary.

I think the big, fluffy fellow has incubated it!!!

Now that's funny! Even with the hate I have for cats lol

Nice looking carrot! Never seen one that big lol. I'm used to those little baby carrots I can buy at the market. 2" long lol.

[Bad Water Bill]

Here in the USA we plant seeds and raise the crop.

Down UNDER they incubate and rear their crops while shaking them sometimes not so gently.

Must be something about the shaking we were never told about.:bigsmyl2:

[JeffinNZ]

Here in the USA we plant seeds and raise the crop.

Down UNDER they incubate and rear their crops while shaking them sometimes not so gently.

Must be something about the shaking we were never told about.:bigsmyl2:

It's true, it's true.

[Pb2au]

Jeff,
Apparently New Zealand has all the monster carrots, and Ohio has the diminutive ones....
We just pulled out first carrot of the season, and here it is in all it's glory,

[ksfowler166]

I knew NZ had extra large mallards but I had no clue about carrots. I vote it's either something in the water or the two islands are completely radioactive, maybe radioactive water. Might want to get yourself tested.:razz: In your picture are those rabbits or a true hare? I have seen jackrabbits before which are a hare but they were not near that size.

[AlaskanGuy]

That's almost an alaskan carrot... Lol

state fair starts this month... Biggest stuff will brought there....

[Silfield]

Talking of carrots and rabbits, look at this one I pulled a couple of weeks back!:holysheep112698Sorry for bringing the thread into disrepute.

[Garyshome]

I can't grow carrots where I live.

[Pb2au]

Well, on the other hand, apparently my atomic fueled soil is good for tomatoes.
Take a look at this monster. I pulled it last night.112707

yup, just a hair under 2#.......
And I have no idea as to why the pic is sideways. Gravity must be out of order.

[CDFingers]

That's a big carrot. I'd use a .45-70 on it.

CDFingers

[jcwit]

You sure grow em big on the other side!

[FISH4BUGS]

Right now I have 14 tomato plants, 30 green beans, 2 different stages of carrots, 3 different stages of lettuce, and lots of other stuff that is starting to fill the freezer. I have to say that next to casting and reloading, gardening is cheap therapy and very helpful to living a good life.
There is nothing like going out to the garden and picking your lettuce, a cucumber, a tomato (or a bunch of cherry tomatoes), some radishes, making a salad and topping it off with organic chicken. I could eat that meal all summer for lunch and dinner....wait....it IS what I eat every day for lunch and dinner!
Organic no less! Life is good.

[GT27]

I've never seen so much carrot envy as here!!!:bigsmyl2:

[wyrmzr]

Very nice, I think my first carrot pulled this year was maybe 2 inches long and a half inch diameter at best.
At least I've got a few of them, but may have to wait another month to pull them.
On the other hand, the various peppers are going better than I expected, particularly the Trinidad Scorpion peppers. Just waiting for the peppers and tomatoes to ripen so I can make some salsa. If I use those Scorpion peppers for the salsa, people will likely hallucinate after tasting it.

[MaryB]

Only thing I seem to be able to grow well this year are weeds... and turnips that I hate(I grew them for the greens, anyone want turnips?)

[bobby65]

My son is going to have a blast when he sees this thing he loves to plant. Very cool

[Bad Water Bill]

I have heard that deer love them

place some around your favorite spot and enjoy great venison steaks.

[FISH4BUGS]

I have heard that deer love them
place some around your favorite spot and enjoy great venison steaks.
That's why the garden is fenced in. I could (but won't) pop a deer with a 22 head shot from my barn all day long. The come around a try every way they can find to get into the garden. They have eaten the hosta and other ground cover outside the garden.
We have taken to peeing on the ground cover to keep them away. It seems to work! Kind of weird though, peeing in the back yard.....good thing we don't have close by neighbors.