Carrots: They're girls apparently

Apparently you're meant to talk to your vegetables. These are young carrots and apparently carrots are girls.

We had a nice chat over a cup of tea but they didn't like it when I said that when they grew up, I was going to cut off their heads and steam them.
Not sure why, after all they're carrots, but after some crying I managed to calm them down by telling them I was going to protect them from the carrot fly. Thought I'm not 100% sure they trust me any more...
...Until our next little chat then.