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did my carrot turn into a sunflower (imgur.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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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.

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[โ€“] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't know modern carrots could bolt. Does this mean the actual carrot won't taste very good?

[โ€“] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Bolting is when a plant diverts energy to producing flowers/seeds instead of the root, so yeah your carrot will probably be woody and bitter now - it's totally normal tho, just means the plant thought "oh shit time to reproduce" due to stress, age, or temperature changes.