r/mildyinteresting • u/mike_pants • Sep 13 '26

edible engagement 🍭 I grew carrots for the first time.

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u/GuiltyCredit Sep 13 '26

r/MightyHarvest

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

Haha, of course that's a thing.

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u/Electronic-Type696 Sep 13 '26

Thank you for showing me a new sub. It is now my favourite

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u/NotInMoodThinkOfName Sep 14 '26

It's funny and sad at the same time.

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u/Wobblepaws Sep 14 '26

i just chuckled for a few solid minutes thx :)

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u/HerbertInTheWoods Sep 13 '26

Very average sized carrot

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

Sometimes I trim the greens so they look bigger.

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u/Sad_Stay_5471 Sep 13 '26

Average? That's huge!!

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u/Frosty_Builder7550 Sep 13 '26

Yeah that’s a solid 6”.

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 Sep 13 '26

Something about ocean motion ??

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u/Th3FakeFatSunny Sep 13 '26

No no, that's definitely 8". A guy I dated once insisted it.

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u/Canelosaurio Sep 13 '26

All carrots look small next to a long sword like this.

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u/HerbertInTheWoods Sep 13 '26

Dude makes dinner with Cloud’s sword from FF7

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u/mr_claw Sep 13 '26

What a humongous knife tho

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u/VegetableTry Sep 13 '26

Moderately sized.

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u/grapefruitfuntimes Sep 13 '26

You got another 40 growing days to go for a carrot.

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

Root veg was probably too ambitious for a patio planter. I've moved on to lettuce.

Tomatoes are going gangbusters, though.

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u/grapefruitfuntimes Sep 13 '26

You can totally do it as long as you have 8-12 inches of depth. It looks like you just pulled the carrots out too soon. The greens themselves are not at the maturity frond stage for the carrots. If you’d like you can try a carrot that’s more short in length. Like Bolero.

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

Believe you me, this was pulled too late if anything. Whatever they needed, they weren't getting it.

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u/grapefruitfuntimes Sep 13 '26

I work in the agricultural industry so from what I see the fronds are too small to be mature. It could also be that thinning didn’t occur? Another commentor mentioned add fertilizer. A high phosphorus fertilizer helps.

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

I don't think it takes a very discerning eye to make the assessment that this carrot is a smidge immature.

Problem is, more time in the dirt was not going to solve this issue. That's as big as it was gonna get.

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u/grapefruitfuntimes Sep 13 '26

Appreciate you sharing, what’s your balcony pots look like? Are they the smaller ones?

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Here's my little patio plot! The bit on the left is where the carrots and zucchini were living, now home to lettuce and chard.

Hot peppers are the bits next to the stairs.

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u/grapefruitfuntimes Sep 13 '26

Very cute, like a courtyard garden. We’re the carrots in that oval planter?

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

Yep.

Here's the whole harvest.

Taco is a big fan of chewing on the tops.

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u/dixiech1ck Sep 13 '26

I had the same issue and even followed the sandy soil recipe to a tee.

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u/going_mad Sep 13 '26

I planted them in a 2ft depth box...nothing except flowers and seeds and no actual carrots. Seeds spread to crushed rock base where the box sits on and now i have 4" carrots randomly growing in the gravel...fml

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u/Nazgog-Morgob Sep 14 '26

No, you planted too late. I had the same thing happen in a raised garden... Cuz I planted them too late in the seasom

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u/mike_pants Sep 14 '26

I can promise you with 100% confidence that they were not planted too late.

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u/Trivi_13 Sep 13 '26

Add fertilizer

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u/ITheReddditUser Sep 13 '26

ᶜᵃʳʳᵒᵗ

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u/DaZzDiNg0o Sep 13 '26

That's too much sell it and make a fortune

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 Sep 13 '26

Are you suggesting dumping this on the carrot market ?! You do realize the economic impact this will have on the local farmers, right ?

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u/DaZzDiNg0o Sep 13 '26

Yep i know the impact.. but he can't eat that much alone.. or maybe make feast for whole village or town he lives in..

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u/_clur_510 Sep 13 '26

Food hoarding is so gross and immoral, OP should be ashamed 😔

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u/Fit_Active3888 Sep 13 '26

We all start small

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u/Mysterious_Owl_5771 Sep 13 '26

Especially when we're cold!

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u/LoganN64 Sep 13 '26

This reminds me of that one Loony Tunes or Mickey Mouse cartoon where Bugs/Mickey is slicing something paper thin and giving it to Donald/Daffy duck.

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Mickey and the Beanstalk!

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u/LoganN64 Sep 13 '26

That's the one!

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u/Memory_Less Sep 13 '26

Good to see you are starting small as recommended.

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u/Professional-Ad4787 Sep 13 '26

Wow - that knife is huge

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u/10toesdown2thumbsup Sep 13 '26

Can't believe I had to scroll this far before I saw a comment on the size of that knife.

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u/Lopsided_Ocelot9634 Sep 13 '26

If I'm lucky I'll have a similar harvest.

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u/TechnicalTip5251 Sep 13 '26

Banana for scale?

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u/sw10708 Sep 13 '26

You need like 50 more to make up one carrot you
You got this

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u/DistractedByCookies Sep 13 '26

Listen, it's not the size of the carrot but what you do with it.

It could be the nose of an ice cream snowman?

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u/Aggravating_West3619 Sep 13 '26

Talk about baby carrots- that’s just an embryo

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u/hesitantly-adamant Sep 13 '26

"grew" does a very heavy lifting here

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u/Trivi_13 Sep 13 '26

If you grow again, lots of fine, loamy soil and compost/ fertilizer

Look up beneficial nematodes. It will stop the carrots from twisting with multiple legs.

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u/ferncabbage Sep 13 '26

Did you pull them too soon? Or plant them too late?

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

I think I planted them too early and they got stunted from the cold nights. I planted them in May and pulled them yesterday.

Zucchinis got messed up, too. Flower after flower after flower, but only two vegetables.

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u/Medical_Arrival2243 Sep 13 '26

Single handedly solving work hunger💪 keep it growing!

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u/Instance_Unhappy Sep 13 '26

Carrots? It’s mean more than 1

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u/DocBobs Sep 13 '26

Well...yes..but no.

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u/similac_child Sep 13 '26

Aw it’s cold

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u/NiobiumThorn Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

Yea ive done that

Happens. Carrots are jerks

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u/No-Sleep-2792 Sep 13 '26

Somethin like that

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u/Lord_Trisagion Sep 13 '26

That knife is huge

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u/ChefBowyer Sep 13 '26

Must those fancy micro greens I hear about…

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u/ZealousidealSkirt327 Sep 13 '26

I hope you have a big family to feed. You don’t want anything to go to waste.

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u/Namaste_Life Sep 13 '26

You're gonna need a bigger knife.

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u/Arikats0 Sep 13 '26

Microwave it to make it bigger

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u/AngelDaizy Sep 13 '26

Buttercup would like the carrot.It's hamster size.

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u/LeadingFine7177 Sep 13 '26

Ahhh lil bebe

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u/cooper8828 Sep 14 '26

You're going to be eating good all winter!

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u/That-Employment-5561 Sep 14 '26

As someone who's no stranger to r/wizardposting , I wonder if this is how druids argue...

https://giphy.com/gifs/XoeaNnqzbJ38B7Y86P

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u/Holden-McGroyn Sep 14 '26

It's a "grower" not a "shower"!

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u/Professor_Goddess_92 Sep 14 '26

I shouldn't call him.

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u/daveoxford Sep 15 '26

More impressive than my friend's first go at beetroots.

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u/SteDee1968 Sep 13 '26

You might need more fertilizer next time.

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u/RJ_MacreadysBeard Sep 13 '26

It’s what you do with it?

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u/Gregb1994 Sep 13 '26

Obligatory gonna need the banana for scale comment

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u/ZiaWitch Sep 13 '26

You’re good It’s above average

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u/legion4it Sep 13 '26

Make sure you share your bounty with others.

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u/Trick-Leek6216 Sep 13 '26

Let it proof a little longer next time.

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u/Jumpy-Shift5239 Sep 13 '26

Can’t tell how big. Needs a banana

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u/pip-roof Sep 13 '26

Save some for us will ya.

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u/DarthMMC Sep 13 '26

Careful, there are orcs nearby

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u/Bricktoronto Sep 13 '26

I feel personally attacked

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u/Prudent_Sherbert_568 Sep 13 '26

I grew shrank the carrots for the first time.
IFIFY

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u/Bettrlatethannever Sep 13 '26

have you been in my garden? looks just like mine :(

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u/Atrex_10 Sep 13 '26

Easy with that "grew" part

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u/Tharka_run Sep 13 '26

Don’t eat them all at once

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u/ImpossiblePoet4542 Sep 13 '26

Shower, not a grower?

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u/Drakeytown Sep 13 '26

That is exactly the right knife for that carrot.

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u/j-a-y---k-i-n-g Sep 13 '26

I recently harvested potatoes this size^^

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u/Emergency_Duty5786 Sep 13 '26

NO…they grew you….

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u/Old-Library5546 Sep 13 '26

You grew a cute little carrot

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u/fuzzimus Sep 13 '26

It’s a grower

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u/Visceral_D Sep 13 '26

Room must be cold

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u/Flynox Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Did you fork over the soil before planting? I know carrots require quite loose soil to really grow well. If the soil is really dense they'll usually stay small like this.

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

Yeah, the soil was literally brand-new.

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u/koffeekrystalz Sep 13 '26

You showed it before you growed it ☹️

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u/Sweaty_Marzipan4274 Sep 13 '26

Daikon radish, try those. If anything will help break the soul. And they're yummy 😋 

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u/Paindepiceaubeurre Sep 13 '26

Don’t eat it all in one go.

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u/Unicornpalace Sep 13 '26

Did it shrink in terror when it saw the knife?

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u/Adorable-Medicine624 Sep 13 '26

Na, dats a bigo moderno orango one, dao originalo porpulo ones are smolla!

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u/TightBeing9 Sep 13 '26

I was in the pool! Significant shrinkage!

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u/Coolbasketbro Sep 13 '26

I'm not sure you've grown them yet...

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u/YSoSkinny Sep 13 '26

I want to see a banana for scale

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u/GoldenButtPlug Sep 13 '26

@op carrots are roots. If you water too much, the root doesnt haven't to grow down and big for resources. Less water is youe friend

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

Interesting if true!

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u/mike_pants Sep 13 '26

It was fine before I tried to use it on Carrotzilla.

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u/ClonedDad Sep 13 '26

I bet the ants think it's a good size 🤣

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u/Excellent-Ability569 Sep 13 '26

I think you need a bigger knife to cut that.

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u/SnarkleSauce Sep 13 '26

That's definitely a 2026 kind of carrot.

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u/cabezon83 Sep 13 '26

Congrats and 😂

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u/tiny_chaotic_evil Sep 13 '26

that carrot is huge!

yes, very huge.

very above normal size carrot

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u/WhoCheeMama Sep 13 '26

A bountiful harvest!!

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u/JD_tubeguy Sep 13 '26

At least you don't have to dirty that gleaming knife on that carrot.

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u/fireonion247 Sep 13 '26

I should call him

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u/pinkushion424 Sep 14 '26

You did your best

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u/herrkatze12 Sep 14 '26

What is that? A carrot for ants?

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u/AmazingResponse338 Sep 14 '26

Stew recipe calls for 2 carrots chopped....do you have a second one?

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u/Busterlimes Sep 14 '26

Thata a huge knife or I need a banana for scale

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u/iridescentcotton Sep 14 '26

Do you have a banana for scale?

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u/MegatronusThePrime Sep 14 '26

That's Judy Hops microwave carrot meal lmao

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u/Traysqwa Sep 14 '26

Did you grow it in soil meant for raised garden beds?

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u/Minimum-Amount-1894 Sep 14 '26

He tried so hard.

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u/fhhsvjhref Sep 14 '26

“These carrots go to the White House!”

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u/Fluffy_Ace Sep 14 '26

What is this? A carrot for ants!?

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u/_HIST Sep 14 '26

He's a grower, not a shower

Can't believe no one made this joke yet

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u/Crazeye Sep 14 '26

I don't think they grew...

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u/RivetsRustAndRattles Sep 14 '26

A short carrot is still a carrot.

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u/we_lord Sep 14 '26

Carroteeny

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u/eufooted Sep 14 '26

It’s not the size that matters; it’s how you USE it. It’s perfect for a family of… ants. 🐜

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u/orphncripplr Sep 14 '26

Never assume in life... Don't think that carrot big because carrot big leaf because small leaf carrot big not leaf big size ☺️

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u/TheRealBrokenbrains Sep 14 '26

Carrot not carrots

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u/Left-Incident620 Sep 14 '26

Well the one thing that didn't happen was the grieving part...

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u/Nazgog-Morgob Sep 14 '26

Planted in the ground too late

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u/mike_pants Sep 14 '26

More likely planted in the ground much too early.

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u/MrMaple__ Sep 15 '26

There may also be orcs or goblins nearby judging by the glow of the blade

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u/Comfortable_Lunch_53 Sep 15 '26

Our first batch of carrots looked the same. We didnt try for a second

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u/NoPoopOnFace Sep 16 '26

I once grew two radishes of similar proportions.

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u/Latter_Key8112 28d ago

That is the cutest thing ever! Congratulations 😊