Growing Carrots From Seed Uk
Overall we love growing our carrots in containers.
Growing carrots from seed uk. Make the earliest sowings of fast-growing early varieties into greenhouse or hoop house beds or pots kept under cover. Sow in a drill marked with a garden line. Make a seed drill shallow trench about 1cm deep using the edge of a hoe or trowel.
Carrots are easy to grow tasty and nutritious. Carrot seeds can be sown from early spring right through to late August and can be harvested almost all year round. The necessity to sow the seeds thinly doesnt become apparent until all the seeds germinate and two thirds of what has been sown has to be thinned out to allow the carrots to grown.
Start sowing maincrop carrot seeds during the first to second weeks of May. 5 Seeds per packet. Carrots are fairly fussy growers.
Most varieties are sown outdoors between April and July. Protect carrots from Carrot fly a small pest that will damage your carrots. I am growing a new carrot this year F1 Red Samurai along with my usual Flakkee Maestro and Creme de Lite.
Sowing Your Seeds. Sow carrots directly into the ground. Medium 2500 10000 SHU.
Sow carrots quite thick and carefully thin out excess seedlings and remove. Harvest carrots when ready June onwards. Second year carrots are no good for eating.