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Companion
plant:
Like: beans,
chives, coriander, cucumber, lettuce, leek, onion, peas, radish, rosemary,
sage, tomato, marjoram, marigold
Dislike: celery, parsnip
Sow mid September to
mid March, harvest November to May, September to October
Varieties we
prefer:
Nantes (The Lost Seed)
Scarlet Nantes (The Lost Seed)
Topweight (The Lost Seed)
Danvers (The Lost Seed)
Amsterdam Forcing (The Lost Seed)
Touchon (The Lost Seed)
Mix seeds with sand. Sow in rows 1m apart, thin to 15 cm apart. Don’t
grow carrots in fresh manure or large amount of organic matter, or they will
fork.
Carrots develop
slowly, soil must be moist all the time before they develop deep roots; also,
they cannot break through hard soil.
Tops have to be
taken off carrots immediately.
Don’t store
carrots next to apples.
Preserving:
We don’t preserve many carrots, as we have a good supply most of the year.
To freeze, select young carrots, remove tops, wash and peel. Water blanche
whole carrots for 5 minutes or cut into slices and water blanche for 2 minutes.
Cool quickly and freeze.
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