Mutants

Have you ever wondered if it is really necessary to separate your seedlings once they start sprouting?  You know, how it says to plant the seeds 1 inch apart, but then thin them out to 6 inches apart.  Does it really matter?

Why, yes, yes it does.

I found these at the garden I tend at the local university.  That is about 6 carrots that continued to fight for the same 2 inches of ground.  Some high school students had been given a plot and they never came back to tend their veggies. 

High school students + garden = mutant carrots.  

You have been warned.