![]() Subscribe to the Epic Gardening Podcast on iTunes or Spotify Listen to this post on the Epic Gardening Podcast Tolerates heavy soils.Ĭarrots just about ready for harvest. Very old heirloom Chantenay variety, with 5-6″ fat roots that can weigh up to a pound each. Bred for sub-tropical regions, with high tolerance to heat & leaf blight. Plant in Oct/Nov, harvest carrots in the spring! 6-7″ long, pale orange color. The most common commercially-sold carrot on the market. A smaller container-growing carrot at an average 6″ in length, this Nantes-style orange carrot is superb. North African variety with blocky, bright orange roots and grow to 7″ long. 5 1/2″ in length, golden-orange color, blunt tip and vitamin-packed. ![]() The resulting radish-sized carrots are great for snacking! Great when roasted whole or for snacking. Up to 7″, blunt-tipped, early Nantes type. Sweet in fall, slightly less so in the spring. Most people recognize orange carrots easily. Let’s sort through them by their normal coloration! There’s a bunch of different colorations of carrots. Ball: Literally shaped like a ball or an oval, these are about the size of a large radish and are extremely quick to form.Rarely get much longer than 5-6″ in length. Red Cored Chantenay: Shorter carrots meant for container gardening or rocky soil.Extremely fast growing, fatter and sweeter than other types. Imperator: Large carrots that make up most commercial growth.Scarlet Nantes: Slightly shorter than a Danvers and with a rounded, blunt tip. ![]()
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