- When to plant:
- Plants seeds after the last frost date. Look up your city and see the last frost date for your city. Of course these are only estimates. Mother nature will do what she pleases.
- Where to plant:
- Plant carrots in loose, well-drained soil that has a good mixture of clay and sand.
- Carrots are a full-sun plant. While they tolerate partial shade, carrots require at least six to eight hours of direct sunlight during the day. Sunlight is important to the vegetable’s development and carrots that do not receive the proper amount of sunlight produce poor crop yields
- How to plant:
- Plant carrot seeds 3-4 inches apart in rows set a foot apart, with the seeds 1/4 inch deep. Applying manure before planting seeds can cause carrots to shoot out roots from their bodies.
- When to water:
- Like most vegetables, growing carrots needs a minimum of 1 inch of water every week. If they cannot get an adequate supply from rainfall, you will need to water the soil. When you water your carrots, make sure to soak the soil completely. If you only wet the soil’s surface, the roots will not grow as deeply.
- When and how to harvest:
- Carrots should be ready for harvest about 60-80 days after sowing seeds, depending on the variety. The tops of the carrot roots will be about 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter and likely starting to pop out of the soil, though not necessarily. They will also be vibrant in color.
- To harvest, loosen soil around the carrot with a spade or trowel before pulling up from the greens; this will help avoid breaking the greens off from the carrot roots. Carrots mature roughly around the same time, but you don’t have to harvest them all at once. Leaving them in the soil is the best preservation.
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