CARROTS NANTES
Description
Nantes Coreless Carrot Seeds 1375 Heirloom Vegetable. Roots are a rich bright orange and average 15 cm (6″) in length and up to 4 cm (1.5″) in diameter. Consistently cylindrical, smooth skinned and blunt ended, Nantes is a great tasting, tender but crisp, almost coreless carrot…even when the carrots are harvested late in the season! Nantes typically has a high moisture content which makes it a good choice for juicing. First described in 1885 but no doubt grown well before that.
How to Grow
850 seed/gram. Carrots will grow well in any open, well cultivated, deep garden soil. As the seed is quite small, mix it with some sand when sowing. Once soil temperature rises above 7.5 C (45 F), sow seed about 7-15 mm (1/4-1/2″) deep in rows spaced 45-60 cm (18- 24″) apart. Sow seed at 5 day intervals over several weeks. Keep the seedbed evenly moist during the 2 week germination period but avoid crusting over the soil as this will greatly reduce the number of seedlings that emerge. Thin the seedlings during the early stages of growth until they are 5 cm (2″) apart. Keep the plants evenly watered, weed free and avoid high nitrogen fertilizers. Harvest any time after the carrot roots develop good colour.
LIFECYCLE
Biennial Harvested as an Annual
PROPAGATION
Sow Direct
DAYS TO EMERGENCE
14
LIGHT
Full Sun
GROWTH HABIT
Root Crop
FROST TOLERANCE
Frost Hardy
DAYS TO HARVEST
70
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy
HERITAGE
Heirloom
LENGTH OF ROW PACKET
One packet sows approximately 10 m (33') of row.
FAMILY NAME
Apiaceae
LATIN
Daucus carota sativa