Description
Enjoy a burst of color and flavor with the Calliope Blend carrots, a vibrant mix of purple, red, white, yellow, and orange varieties. These crisp, sweet carrots have been cultivated for over 1,000 years and are rich in vitamin A and other essential nutrients. Whether you’re harvesting baby carrots at 3″-4″ long or allowing them to grow to their full 8″-10″ length, this colorful blend will add nutrition and beauty to your garden and meals. Perfect for successive sowings, plant every 3 weeks for a continuous harvest of these eye-catching roots throughout the growing season.
This packet sows up to 34 feet. 410 seeds.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Daucus carota
Days to Maturity: 65–75 days
Family: Apiaceae
Native: Africa, Eurasia
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant biennial grown as an annual
Plant Dimensions: Roots are 8″–10″ long at their peak
Variety Information: ORANGE: Orange skin, orange interior, tapered roots. PURPLE: Purple skin, orange interior, tapered roots. RED: Red skin, yellow interior, rounded ends. YELLOW : Yellow skin, yellow interior, tapered roots. WHITE: White skin, white interior, rounded ends.
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 45°F, ideally 60°–85°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 10 to 12 weeks before your average first fall frost date. In very warm climates, carrots are grown primarily in fall, winter, and spring.
When to Start Inside: Not recommended; root disturbance stunts growth.
Days to Emerge: 10–25 days
Seed Depth: ¼”
Seed Spacing: 1″
Row Spacing: 6″
Thinning: When 1″ tall, thin to 1 every 3″
Growing Info:
Harvesting: For best flavor and texture, harvest carrots any time before, and until they reach their optimal size. Peak harvest period lasts about 3 weeks, longer in the fall. Late summer-sown carrots are sweetened after having been kissed by light frost; however, harvest before soil freezes, which may destroy the crop. In USDA zone 5 or warmer, carrots can be left in the ground for storage provided they are heavily mulched; harvest as needed on days the ground is not frozen.
