Growing Carrot

Daucus carota : Apiaceae / the umbelliferae family

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		P	P	P	P	P

(Best months for growing Carrot in USA - Zone 5a regions)

P = Sow seed

Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 8°C and 30°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 5 - 30 cm apart
Harvest in 12-18 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Onions, Leeks, Lettuce, Sage, Peas, Radishes, Tomatoes, Beans, Celery, Rosemary
Avoid growing close to: Parsnips, Beetroot, Dill, Brassicas, Fennel

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06 Jan 17, Mel (New Zealand - temperate climate): Our current seed has yielded white, purple/black and orange and they are all lovely. It is a bit to get used to but if they taste fine I suspect cross pollination or someone muddled up the seed.
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22 Dec 16, oli (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): My Carrots turned white years ago, cross pollination i guess. we love them white and kept the seeds.
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01 Nov 16, Danielle (Australia - temperate climate): My daughter decorated and planted carrot seeds at Bunnings. The bunnings seeds were on cardboard like matches that you stick in the soil. There was multiple seeds on each piece so when do i split up the plants so they have room to grow? The green tops are still very thin and fine but are starting to get that carrot looking leaf.
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18 Nov 16, John (Australia - temperate climate): I wouldn't as carrots don't like root disturbance. wait till some are edible size and use them as baby carrots
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26 Sep 16, James McDowell (Australia - temperate climate): when thinning out carrots cut the heads off the ones you would normally pull out ...that way you will not disturb the soil .happy gardenjng
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01 Sep 16, Inez (Australia - temperate climate): hi i was just wondering in what season a purple carrot might grow or i s it just the same as any old carrot? and if it is the same as a "normal" carrot when do they grow(season)?
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29 Sep 16, Michael (Australia - cool/mountain climate): you can grow purple carrots anytime of the year.
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03 May 16, Bruce Rickman (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): We live in PittMeadows British Columbia and we've carrot rust fly that bore into the carrots and spoil them Any body have suggestions to prevent them organically
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29 Sep 16, Michael (Australia - cool/mountain climate): plant carrots with onions. the fly is attracted to the carrot smell and powerful smell of onions confuses them.
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14 Mar 16, (Australia - temperate climate): Needs water
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