Carrots take between 70 to 80 days to reach full maturity, so patience is needed to harvest. It can take the seeds about ten days to sprout, sometimes much longer if the seeds are covered in clay. Patience and careful watering are needed during this time.
Always choose the Best Carrot Seeds that you can grow in your climate!
There are a wide variety of shapes and sizes of carrots you can grow, depending on your climate.
These are the five major categories that all carrots can be divided into:
Nantes: a fast and easy to grow in a wide range of climates and soils.
Chantenay: develop short, stocky roots that get sweetest in the late fall.
Miniature: small carrots that form shallow roots that are sweet and tender.
Imperator: delicate carrots that need deep, sandy soil to thrive.
Danvers: sturdy storage carrots that do well in a root cellar and are great for juicing.