Growing Carrots in Minnesota: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
Minnesota’s benchmark soil, the Lester series, runs 39 percent sand, 24 percent clay and 37 percent silt with a near-neutral pH near 6.6.
Growing Beets in Minnesota: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
Minnesota’s own state soil, the Lester series, is a well-drained loam that leans slightly sandy and holds a moderate reserve of organic matter.
Growing Carrots in Michigan: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
Michigan’s official state soil, the Kalkaska series, is sandy and acidic, exactly the kind of ground carrots like on paper but not necessarily the ground…
Growing Beets in Michigan: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
Michigan’s state soil runs sandy and acid, which means beet roots push through it easily but the ground drains fast and holds little moisture right when…
Growing Carrots in Massachusetts: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
Massachusetts carrots do best in soil that drains fast and stays loose past the first foot, because the state’s own representative soil, sandy and mildly…
Growing Beets in Massachusetts: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
In Massachusetts, beets do best sown directly into deep, well-drained, sandy soil with organic matter worked in, about two to three weeks before the last…
Growing Carrots in Maryland: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
Maryland’s state-representative soil, the Sassafras series, is sandy and well drained, which is good news for carrots that hate wet feet and forked tips.
Growing Beets in Maryland: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
Maryland’s benchmark soil runs sandy, acid and fast-draining, decent bones for a beet but poor at holding nutrients and moisture without help.
Growing Carrots in Manitoba: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
Manitoba’s typical garden soil runs 45 percent sand, 24 percent clay and 31 percent silt, a loam that leans alkaline (median pH around 7.6) and drains…
Growing Beets in Manitoba: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
Manitoba’s ground runs alkaline and moisture-heavy in ways that push against what a beet actually wants: deep, well-drained, sandy soil loosened with a…