| 58 days. This Nantes type is both tasty and attractive, with a rich, crunchy-sweet bite you will love and a stocky, easy-to-slice shape! A deep orange all the way to the very small core, it is smooth and straight, with a tubular shape and no tapering. The tops are unusually strong, making harvest quick and easy. And it beats most other carrots to the finish line by a week or more! Higher in vitamins A and B than their store-bought counterparts, home-grown carrots are also rich in calcium and phosphorus -- and they taste delicious! Carrots are a cool-weather crop, best sown direct as soon as the soil is workable in spring, or in late summer for fall harvest. Heavy soils are a problem for root development, so prepare the soil thoroughly before planting or, if you are in a clay soil area, consider growing in raised beds or even containers. Carrots also need moisture to keep from splitting. With these needs met, they are virtually trouble-free! Thin the seedlings to 3 inches apart. Harvest the roots as soon as you want, but certainly when they are less than 2 inches across; the smaller the tastier! Pkt. is 1/32 oz. at least 400 seeds. |
