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white carrot White Carrot

Arracacia xanthorrhiza

A variety of carrot

How to sow white carrot: Direct seed outdoors, thin to 3cm apart when seedlings are 7cm high

Sun requirement for white carrot: Plant in Full Sun

White carrots are a carrot cultivar that have pale yellow to white skin. They sometimes have a lower yield than orange carrots. They have a mild flavor that is less earthy than other carrot varieties. They are grown and cooked the same way as standard orange carrots.

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White carrot facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less
21 weeks median lifespan

First harvest expected

12 weeks after planting

Height × spread

15cm × 8cm

Row Spacing

3cm

Grown for

root harvested 5 times

Growing white carrots

  1. Dig the bed fine and stone free 1 week before sowing
  2. Keep the seed bed moist at sowing every week
  3. Thin the seedlings 3 weeks after sowing
  4. Weed between the rows 4 weeks after sowing every 2 weeks
  5. Start pulling young carrots at first harvest
  6. Lift the rest of the crop 8 weeks after first harvest

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft

Optimal temperature 14 - 21 °C
Absolute temperature 10 - 28 °C
Optimal rainfall 800 - 1200 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 600 - 1800 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.0 - 6.0
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 6.5
Crop cycle 120 - 365 days
Max altitude 3500 m
Life form herb
Life span perennial
Habit prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture light, organic
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours)
Optimal light very bright to clear skies

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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