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Old 10-30-2003, 01:13 PM
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tazimna
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Bemidji.Minnesota
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Default RE: Rutebagga

Wig, beggies are generally around a 72--90 day crop depending on the variety you plant. We generally plant ours late may--early june(our average last frost here is june 9). Our bow season starts mid sept, and the beggies are prime by then. You' ll see deer eat the tops off the beggies as the season goes on, but when neighboring crops are harvested and they have to forage for natural foods, then the beggie/carrots shine. they' ll actract for miles if you have a big enough area of them. mwe use to have a 40 acre field of them while I was a youngster. didn' t see alot of deer in them until fall, then after frost came, they showed up in droves, they' ll dig major holes to get at em. Try them, you won' t be dissapointed. PS, if your soil is extremly hard, the THUMBELINA variety carrot works well. There tiny(golf ball size ) and only need about 2" of soil to grow in. Steve
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