Hit 27 mutant carrots from one row last season, still debating if I should try to grow more

I planted a single 6 foot row of carrots last spring and ended up with 27 of them looking like twisted little aliens. Some had three legs, a few looked like tiny hands, and one straight up resembled a face. Half the fun is just pulling them up to see what came out, but the other half is wondering if I did something wrong with the soil or if it's just luck. I'm torn between trying to replicate it with the same compost mix or just letting nature do its thing again next year. Anyone else hit a weird number like that and have thoughts on whether to push for more or just enjoy the freak show?

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paulperez11d ago

Left my carrots alone one year and got the best crop of weird shapes I ever had.

torres.elizabeth11d ago

fr same, i swear the ones i neglect the most come out looking like little alien monsters but taste amazing. maybe my chaos is just good fertilizer lol