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did my carrot turn into a sunflower (imgur.com)
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Was away about a week. One carrot decided to grow super tall and looks like it will make a big flower. The carrot under isn't as big as it's brethern that I harvested. This is a new variety of carrot for me called "short and sweet". Never seen this with my other carrots.

Edit: I didn't notice that the image failed to upload. I have tried adding an imgur link.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Carrots, onions, and other biannial plants will sometimes behave as an annual. It's usually caused by a genetic mutant but it can be environmentally triggered.

In the wild they naturally are a mixed of annual and biannual plants depending on the growing conditions.