Was away about a week. One carrot decided to grow super tall and looks like it will make a big flower. The carrot under isn’t as big as it’s brethern that I harvested. This is a new variety of carrot for me called “short and sweet”. Never seen this with my other carrots.

Edit: I didn’t notice that the image failed to upload. I have tried adding an imgur link.

  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Carrots can bolt, so if it’s one, maybe it was just stressed or a bad seed. Stuff happens.

    If it was more, maybe it was environment or something else.

  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    This one time I thought I planted carrots but it was actually California poppy.

    The foliage before the flower was close enough i was convinced they were last years popping back up … I was shocked when it shot a flower up.

    Anyways, are you sure it’s a carrot?

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, i bought the seed. The plants next to it did normal carrot things. And there is a carrot attached to it in the ground, just thinner.

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    18 hours ago

    Plants just do weird shit sometimes.

    I currently have a flower plant that is growing about a foot-and-a-half-long… tentacle out of the middle of one of its flowers, just hanging in space. What is it? I have absolutely no idea. It’s just there.

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        3 hours ago

        Yup, that looks like a carrot. That’s what they do when they grow up! Eventually it’ll flower and everything, if you let it!

        You might be able to cut the stalk way down, but I suspect that carrot root won’t be very good. I haven’t personally grown carrots though.

  • PlantJam@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Carrots are biennial. If you planted seeds this year and are seeing something put on flower buds, it’s likely a weed rather than a tall carrot.