Carrot plant

How to grow Carrot plant growing and care:

Well drain soil, airy soil, clean from stone or hard object, slightly acid, free weed area

What is the best way to start growing?
Seedling / Seed

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Sometime the yield is too small

Planting season:
Autumn – frost free area / Spring – temperate climate

Pests and diseases:
Caterpillar, Aphids, prodenia

Pruning season:
All season

How to prune:
Dead or infected leaves

Size of the plant?
The root 4-30 cm (2-12 inches), the leaves 20-50 cm (8-20 inches)

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Medium growing

Water requirement:
Average amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Summer

General information about the flower
White flowers, the flowers grow in inflorescence of flat head.

Thinning the bloom:
Better to pick up the taproot before it’s start to bloom

Pollination is done by:
Bees

Grow from seeds

Sowing requirement:
Moist soil important for the process

Saving seeds until sowing:
Dry dark place

Sowing season:
Autumn – frost free area / Spring – temperate climate

Planting spacing:
5-10 cm

Depth of Sowing:
1-2 cm

Conditions for seeds germinate:
Moist

Watering requires for Seeds:
Average amount of water

Germination time:
7-20 days

Condition of seedling:
Moist, airy soil, clean from stone

Do the seeds require burying?
No

Subspecies

Carrot Atomic Red – red orange Carrot 70-80 days to harvest

Carrot Tendersweet – orange Carrot 70-80 days to harvest

Carrot Scarlet Nantes – orange Carrot 70-90 days to harvest

Atomic Red – orange Carrot 70-80 days to harvest

Solar Yellow – yellow 70-80 days to harvest

Lunar White – white taproot 60-70 days to harvest

Carrot Parisian – round orange Carrot 70-80 days to harvest

Carrot Snow White – white taproot 70-80 days to harvest

Anatolian black – black with white and black in the middle 80-90 days to harvest

Carrot Royal Chantenay – orange 90-100 days to harvest

Carrot Little Finger – short, orange, 50-60 days to harvest

Edible leaves

Leaves harvesting season:
In warm area all year less in the summer, in cold area Spring / Summer / Autumn

How to harvest the leaves?
Trim the leaves in the base of the leave next to the root, for salad young leaves for cooked mature leaves

Information about leaves:
Depend on the species 5-30 cm, the color: purple, green or mixed

Uses of Carrot plant leaves:
Quiche, cooked, stir fry, salad

Edible Roots

Information about Carrot plant’s taproot:
taproot shaped cone rarely round, taproot colors: mostly orange but can green, white, burgundy, pink, yellow, red, purple or black

When to pull up Carrot plant’s taproot:
About 70-100 days to harvest, when sow in the autumn it’s in the winter, when sow in the spring it’s in the summer

Scientific name: Daucus carota subsp. sativus