Description
Add a burst of color and flavor to your garden with Carnival Blend carrots, a vibrant mix of red, purple, white, yellow, and orange varieties. Perfect for both baby carrots and full-size roots, Carnival Blend offer tender, nutrient-rich vegetables packed with vitamin A and other essential nutrients. Harvest early at 3″-4″ for gourmet baby carrots, or allow them to reach 8″-10″ for a full-sized crop, creating a stunning visual and culinary addition to your meals.
Designed for successive sowings every 3 weeks, Carnival Blend carrots provide a continuous harvest throughout the growing season. Their naturally sweet flavor and crisp texture make them ideal for fresh eating, cooking, or preserving, while their colorful roots ensure your garden is as eye-catching as it is productive.
This packet sows up to 21 feet. 250 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: 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. ORANGE: Orange skin, orange interior, tapered roots.
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.
