Carrot 'Colour Mix'
Carrot 'Colour Mix' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
A beautiful colour mix that includes red, white, orange and purple skinned carrots with a great flavour. A very decorative appearance in salads or steamed. Eating a colour mix like this guarantees a wider range of nutrients are available in the food.
Product: Carrot 'Colour Mix'
Product type: SEED (300)
Botanical name: Daucus carota
A beautiful heirloom colour mix that includes red, white, orange and purple skinned carrots with great flavour. The combination has a very decorative appearance in salads or steamed. There is a wider range of nutritional value due to the range of colours.
Plant type: Cool season annual
Plant height: 30 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 8 - 28°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring to early autumn
Subtropical: All year but avoid hottest months
Tropical: April - June
Germination: 6 - 14 days
Depth: 10 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Sow direct
Soil type: Friable, deeply dug, well-drained soil, pH 5.5 - 6.5; avoid fresh animal manure, it causes forking; mulch well
Rows: 30 cm apart
Details: To improve germination, prevent seed rows from drying out by covering with cardboard; remove as soon as seeds germinate
Harvest: 70 – 75 days
300 seeds per packet
Daucus carota
Cool season annual
Carrot 'Colour Mix'
A beautiful colour mix that includes red, white, orange and purple skinned carrots with a great flavour. A very decorative appearance in salads or steamed. Eating a colour mix like this guarantees a wider range of nutrients are available in the food.