CARROT - Cosmic Purple

Common Name: CARROT - Cosmic Purple

Seeds Per Packet: Approx 150

Days to Harvest: 65 days

Watering: Medium

Plant Spacing: 10cm

Row Spacing: 30cm

Companion Plants: Beans, Chives, Coriander, Cucumber, Leeks, Lettuce, Lovage, Marjoram, Onion, Pea, Radish, Rosemary, Sage, Tomato

Additional Features: Cuisine, Direct-Sow Seeds, Easy Care Plants, Edible

Scientific Name: Daucus carota

Germination Time: 8-15 days

Position/Sunlight: Full Sun

Plant Height: 15-20cm

Cool/Mountain Sow: May-Mar

Arid Sow: Jul-May

Temperate Sow: May-Mar

Sub-Tropical Sow: Jul-May

Tropical Sow: Feb-Nov

How to Sow

To ensure that your carrots grow straight and reach their full length, it is important to work the soil thoroughly to at least a foot deep prior to sowing. Build raised mounds along row lengths to the height of about 15cm, sprinkle seeds and then cover lightly. Keep soil moist and do not allow it to dry out and go hard as this will stop the carrots from breaking the soil. Sow successive plantings in a sunny spot for carrots all year.

How to Harvest

Harvest baby carrots when big enough to eat so as to thin out the remainder of the crop to grow to full size. To store carrots, break off the stems but do not wash the carrots. Then place them in damp sawdust. Carrots can also be left in the ground over winter in warmer climates.