Description
Add a pop of color to your garden and diet with 'Cosmic Purple' carrots, featuring stunning purple skin and a sweet orange interior. While purple carrots have been grown for over 1,000 years, they’re making a comeback in home gardens. High in vitamin A and rich in anthocyanin, an antioxidant, these carrots are not only a nutritious choice but also a fun snack for kids. Harvest at 6″-7″ long for the best flavor, or enjoy them earlier as baby carrots. With a quick 70-day maturity, these vibrant carrots can be sown in successive crops every 3 weeks for a continuous harvest.
This packet sows up to 30 feet. 360 seeds.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Daucus carota
Days to Maturity: 70 days
Family: Apiaceae
Native: Africa, Eurasia
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant biennial grown as an annual
Plant Dimensions: Roots are 6″–7″ long at their peak
Variety Information: Conical roots with long tapered ends, purple skin with orange interior. 'Cosmic Purple' has characteristics of both imperator and nantes types carrots.
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.
