Carrot
Daucus carota
How to sow carrot: Direct Seed, thin to 3cm apart when seedlings are 8cm high
Sun requirement for carrot: Plant in Full Sun
Carrot has been planted 125 times by Growstuff members.
The carrot is a root vegetable. It is usually orange in color, but some cultivars are purple, black, red, white, and yellow. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, but the greens are sometimes eaten as well. The leaves appear first, and the taproot grows more slowly beneath the soil. Fast-growing cultivars mature within three months of sowing the seed. Slower-maturing cultivars are harvested four months after sowing.

Predictions
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or lessMedian lifespan
21 weeksFirst harvest expected
17 weeks after plantingLast harvest expected
23 weeks after plantingHeight
10cmSpread
5cmRow Spacing
5cmCompanions
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How to save seeds
by shiny,
[Bean](crop)s, [pea](crop)s and [corn](crop): remove husks and allow seeds to dry out – this may take a couple of weeks, then remove casings and store. [Pumpkin](crop)s and [melon](crop)s: seeds need to be washed and set aside to dry for a week or so before storage. [Lettuce](crop), [celery...
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Preparing for winter
by shiny,
I'm going to attempt to grow [potato](crop) over winter. To prepare I'm going to do a full garden bed of [mustard](crop) and then dig the greens into the soil. Add compost and blood and bone. I've never attempted potato over winter. It can get very wet here, and in August it drops below 0C for a ...
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todo list
by shiny,
* Plant more [carrot](crop) * Plant the [olive](crop) tree out front * Get new compost bin going * Clear out the [tomato](crop) plants * Get a garden camera working * Get irrigator hooked up to home assistant * Install the xiaomi miflora in the herbs * Growstuff api!
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Some of features id like
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I like to automate the calculations, analysis, and plain old remembering what has happened in the garden. Some of the challenges in my garden is knowing when it's too late to planting something, if it will cope with the weather conditions here, and working out what is killing the [tomato](cro...
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Transplant carrots or not?
Do [carrot](crop) transplant well at all when they are small? I set up some rows of carrot seeds mixed with radish seeds, but I don't know if the carrots will be amenable to transplanting once they sprout. Has anyone done this?
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by oakandsage,
My [raspberry](crop) are flowering! Anyone whose english [pea](crop) plants yield spherical peas must be a saint. I only get spherical peas if I miss a pod. In the evening I sit out in the garden and eat peas until there is nothing worth eating left on the plant. Then I am done until tomorrow....
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First strawberry!
by neotoma,
I had the first tiny strawberry of the season today! I'm looking forward to many more. Also, I transplanted a lot of seedlings into the community garden today: 2 [cucumber](crop)s, 3 [green bean](crop)s, 2 tongue-of-fire beans, an ornamental [sweet potato](crop), and an [artichoke](crop). I...
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Garden trouble!
by oakandsage,
Something's skeletonizing my [carrot](crop)s and [dill](crop). It did a number on the sweet basil I planted, and is taking out the kale plants one by one. I haven't caught it in the act yet, though I've seen a couple big fat grasshoppers around; they're pretty likely culprits. My [blueberry](...
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How to grow carrots
Grown for: root (24) whole plant (17) tuber (9)
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Carrot harvests
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milki harvested 2, weighing 0.106 kg.
about 2 hours ago.
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milki harvested 4, weighing 0.096 kg.
6 days ago.
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CloCkWeRX harvested 15, weighing 0.8 kg.
13 days ago.
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