Carrots
(Daucus carota)
Sow seeds very thinly, direct
spring onwards in succession to summer, 1cm deep rows 15cm apart, thin the young
seedlings to 10cm apart. Early crops can be produced by sowing seed early
indoors & transplant under cloches.
Monty Don suggested carrot varieties for early sowing - Early Amsterdam cultivars and later on Nantes and Chantenay, Maincrop Berlicum 2 Berjo, Autumn King for winter harvest.
Early and Maincrop
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Carrot Bambino
Organic Sourced baby veg Early, Second early and maincrop carrot. A 'baby' carrot variety producing slender, cylindrical blunt roots with a very small core. Smooth skin and deep orange colour, which develops at an early stage. Best pulled when 10-15cm in length. £1.35 Av 500 seeds
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Carrot Mokum F1 Early variety. Along with Nelson, top-rated for taste in the early varieties, sweet, crisp and juicy. Good, slender, bunched pencil hybrid carrots. A bit earlier than Nelson, more slender, the same length and colour, and with similar high sugar. Short tops can be grown in containers, good for bunching. RHS Award of Garden Merit £1.95 Av 350 seeds
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Carrot Jeanette Organic Sourced Early hybrid variety. Very early Nantes variety with long smooth roots up to 20cm long of excellent internal colour. Colours up early and is ideal for bunching, good strong foliage making pulling easy. Great for cooking or salads. £1.55 Av 300 seeds
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Carrot Nelson Early Nantes Hybrid. A favourite for early sowing and harvest during warm and hot weather, when growing sweet carrots is most difficult. The 6 inch, cylindrical, blunt roots are very smooth, tender, and crisp with deep orange colour. Harvest either at baby or full size. Medium-short tops. £1.55 Av 500 seeds
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Carrot Ulyses 2nd early, maincrop and overwintering hybrid variety. Versatile Nantes type (stump rooted) with smooth skin, Carrot Ulyses has dark orange roots 17-19cm long, and 3.5-4.5cm in diameter. Strong tops for ease of harvest, high resistance to splitting and bolting. Good storage ability and suitable for overwintering. Sow February to March protected crop and for maincrop sow April to May. £1.30 Av 500 seeds
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Carrot Sugarsnax 54 An early maturing cylindrical type with semi blunt tip also suitable for baby carrots. Tender with an excellent mild sweet flavour ideal cooked, added raw to the salad bowl or dips, ideal used for baton carrots. High in beta-carotene. Good disease resistance. Harvest August to late November. Baby veg. RHS Award of Garden Merit £1.65 Av 500 seeds
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Carrot Amsterdam 2 Maxi Early, 2nd early, maincrop. An excellent baby carrot variety producing slender cylindrical roots. Good colour with minimal core. Firm foliage that holds well. Will not produce oversized carrots even when harvested late. Harvest young for baby veg. £1.20 Av 1,500 seeds
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Carrot Resistafly Mid season 2nd early, maincrop hybrid variety. Nantes type carrot with good tolerance of carrot root fly. High quality cylindrical roots with excellent colour and skin quality. Harvest from August to October. £1.75 Av 750 seeds
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Carrot Flyaway 2nd early, maincrop hybrid variety. Well known for its high resistance to carrot root fly. Good quality tasty sweet carrots with a smooth skin, good shape and excellent colour. RHS Award of Garden Merit £1.95 Av 500 seeds
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Carrot Napoli
Organic Sourced 2nd early to Maincrop A good quality Nantes variety, ideal for bunching and fresh ware use. The roots are slightly tapered with good internal and external colour. Dark green foliage and strong tops. Approximately 90 days from sowing to maturity. A very flexible variety that can be used for very early to late sowings. £1.55 Av 300 seeds
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Carrot Early Nantes 2 2nd early, maincrop. An early maincrop nantes (tapered stump) variety, virtually coreless with excellent texture, colour and flavour. Sow March - August harvest from July to October. £1.00 Av 2,000 seeds
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Carrot Autumn King 2 Autumn carrot. Late and maincrop carrot with large tapered roots suitable for slicing and dicing. Traditional autumn king for heavy yields with storage potential. Sow March to August harvest June to October. RHS Award of Garden Merit
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Carrot Artemis F1
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Carrot Edible Leaf Carrot Daucus Carota var. sativa Edible carrot tops, something new to grow from seed for the salad bowl. An interesting, edible form of smooth leaf carrot. Excellent to add to the salad bowl.
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English Sage is a good companion plant for cabbage and carrot.
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Herb Sage
Perennial Evergreen Salvia officinalis Sage English has grey green slightly hairy leaf with strong flavour, used in stuffing's and many culinary forms. magical powers of sage include immortality, protection, longevity, wishes and wisdom. Sage should be cut back after flowering to avoid leggy plants. £1.15 Av 70 seeds
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Veg Index / A / Beans / B / Cab-Cape / Carrot / Cauliflower / Celeriac - Celery / Ch- D / E-L / Lettuce / M-O / Onion / P / Peppers / R / S / Toms / T-Z
The cultural
information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different
sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem
to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only,
you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a
rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed
like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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