DavidLMO said:Check your compost pile and look if there is something that looks like a carrot - that is their standard shape, though they do vary. I have some that look almost like ornamental sweet potatoes.
Okay, I dug around in the root balls today and there were some fat roots but only about the size of a very small baby carrot. I think next year I'll try putting my plants in the ground inside my hoop house and see if that gives them a better chance of making something that could be stored. (I'm making progress in the 4 o'clock department, though -- took me several years to even get any seeds to sprout
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Cinta, despite the new USDA zone designation for my area as 5a, we really are much more like 4b or maybe even 4a... I think our summer nighttime temps might be the biggest difference, they're generally pretty cool and a lot of plants seem to have a hard time making good progress that way!
