Harvesting Carrots and Other Root Vegetables

4,179 views · Published 5 April 2016 · 1:53 · Indexed 11 October 2026

Channel: Gardenerd · 2016 · Howto & Style

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How do you know when to harvest your carrots, parsnips, beets and turnips? Christy Wilhelmi from Gardenerd will show you how. There's an easy trick and it has nothing to do with the foliage. Watch this quick video and you'll never pull an undersized carrot again.

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