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# Growing/ planting carrots
# Carrot recipes
The carrot is a sweet root vegetable, usually orange or white with a crisp texture. The edible part of a carrot is called a taproot. Its distinct colour comes from the high amount of carotene. The carrot is a biennial plant which grows leaves in the Spring and Summer.
Western carrot cultivars are commonly classified by the shape of their root. Chantenay carrots are shorter but have greater girth, Danvers tend to have a conical shape and pointed end, Imperator carrots tend to be the most common carrot shape and finally Nantes carrots are cylindrical in shape, rounded at both the top and tip.
There is a large variety of carrot seeds you can grow. Some of the more popular varieties include.
Amsterdam Sweetheart carrot seeds – Intense sweetness with slender roots.
Autumn King carrot seeds – Great taste and colour with large, heavy roots.
Balero carrot seeds - Smooth skin with a deep orange root.
Carrot fly away carrot seeds – Resistant to carrot fly. Very sweet taste.
Eskimo carrot seeds- Very robust carrot. Can be cropped late.
Nandor carrot seeds – Stump root carrot with a resistance to carrot fly.
Nantes carrot seeds - A great carrot for successional sowing.
Purple haze carrot seeds - An amazing purple carrot. Good fun with a great taste.
Samurai carrot seeds - An intense red carrot with a sweet taste.
Scarlet Horn carrot seeds – Short, stumpy carrot which does well in shallow soil.
St Valery carrot seeds - A reliable carrot with long, tapering roots.
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Growing carrots
1/ Start digging the soil in late Winter/Spring until it has a fine, granular texture.
2/ Pick a spot that has good sun coverage.
3/Sow the seeds thinly around 2 to 3 cm’s deep, cover the seeds once in place.
4/Once carrot seeds have germinated and producing leaves, thin the seedlings to 5 cm’s between plants.
5/ Keep plants well watered and start pulling from June/July.
When planting carrots always remember to refer to the instructions on the seed packets!
Video tutorial for growing carrot seeds can be found here
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Carrot recipes
The following websites have great tips and advice on cooking with carrots.
Let us know if you would like us to add your carrot recipe to the list below.
Some of our favourite carrot recipes include carrot cake, carrot and coriander soup and roast carrot and bean salad .
BBC - Good food
Cookitsimply
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