Reply To: Black Rot on stored Carrots

[Pete Budd]

Thanks for the comments.
Today I tried to rescue some carrots and found one container was un-affected. Interestingly the carrots that were ok had been in storage longer than the affected ones and were a different variety. This backs up Charles suggestion that seed may have been to blame and hopefully my 4 year rotation will give any soil borne contamination a chance to dissipate. I did wonder if the used compost in the storage medium might be to blame or possibly the problem is varietal.