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I sowed my carrot and parsley seeds in late July just to fill an empty bed: three weeks later, scraping the dry crust, I understood why nothing ever came up

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I sowed my carrot and parsley seeds in late July just to fill an empty bed: three weeks later, scraping the dry crust, I u...

Sowing carrot and parsley seeds in late July to fill an empty bed seemed harmless—until three weeks of nothing revealed the real culprit: a hardened soil crust that seedlings couldn’t break through. This seemingly simple mistake exposes the science behind why two of the garden’s pickiest germinators demand precise conditions, especially in summer heat.