'Danvers Half-Long' - uniform, 7 to 8 inch roots tapered to very blunt end sweet, tender) 'Royal Chantenay' - broad-shouldered, tapered roots bright orange good for heavy or shallow soils) 'Red-Cored Chantenay' - heavy yield good flavor short, thick roots, broad at the shoulder, tapered to blunt tip)
'Short ‘n Sweet' - rich, sweet flavor 4 inch roots, broad at shoulder, tapered to a point good for heavy or poor soil) 'Minicor' - slender fingerling carrots colors early uniform, cylindrical, blunt tip good flavor) 'Little Finger' - tiny tender roots 5 inch roots, 1/2 inch thick golden orange, sweet, and crisp) 'Baby Spike' - 3 to 4 inch roots, 1/2 inch thick excellent internal color tender holds small size well) 'Thumbelina' - round roots good for planting in containers and in heavy, shallow, or rocky soil) 'Orbit' - good color, few off-types, and best harvested at the size of a 50 cent piece) Maximum number of plants per square foot:Īster Yellows, Black Root Rot, Cotton Root Rot, Damping-Off, Growth Crack, Leaf Blight, Leaf Spot, Powdery Mildew, Root Knot Nematode, Southern Blight.īeet Armyworm, Carrot Beetle, Carrot Rust Fly, Carrot Weevil, Eastern Field Wireworm, Fall Armyworm, Leafminer, Parsleyworm, Tarnished Plant Bug, Vegetable Weevil, Vegetable Weevil, Yellow Woollybear Within a week your Radishes will germinate first and by the time your carrots begin to germinate and grow you will be harvesting your Radishes making room for your Carrots. This is intercropping and works every time for Growing Carrots. Water well and never let the area dry out.Broadcast over the area you're planting. Basically, because of the humidity and hot weather, your plants begin to rot.
Pour your carrot seeds into a 5 gallon bucket along with Radish seeds (optional) for the area you're going to plant.The method I use for growing Carrots is as follows: Prolonged hot weather may not only retard growth, but result in an undesirable strong flavor and coarse roots. Carrots require hefty amounts of moisture and are not tolerant of drought. Growing Carrots is easy and great source of Vitamin A.Ĭarrots are a hardy, cool season crop that can be planted in your organic garden as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring. Growing Carrots Organic Vegetable Gardening Fact Sheet Botanical name: Daucus carota Seed
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