Description
Sweet, crisp, and perfectly sized, ‘Little Finger’ carrots are a gardener’s delight for fresh snacking, salads, or pickling. Unlike store-bought baby carrots, these Nantes-type carrots grow true to size, producing smooth, cylindrical roots that reach 3″ at peak harvest and develop a vibrant deep orange color even before maturity. Left in the garden, ‘Little Finger’ can grow up to 7″, making them versatile for multiple culinary uses.
Ideal for successive sowings and late-season harvests, ‘Little Finger’ carrots thrive in cool spring or fall soils and perform well even in warmer climates when planted appropriately. Their tender texture and naturally sweet flavor make them perfect for fresh eating, preserving, or light frost-enhanced sweetness, offering a reliable and rewarding crop for home gardens.
This packet sows up to 42 feet. 510 seeds.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Daucus carota
Days to Maturity: 57 days
Family: Apiaceae
Native: Africa, Eurasia
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant biennial grown as an annual
Plant Dimensions: Roots are 3″ long at their peak
Variety Information: Smooth, cylindrical, uniform, with deep orange color even before maturity. Will grow to 7″ if allowed. 'Little Finger' is a Nantes type carrot.
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 2″
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.
