Carrot 'Nantes'
Carrot 'Nantes' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Nantes' has a sweet crisp flavour with cylindrical, deep orange, tender roots 16 cm long. It is great for steaming, salads and juicing. It copes better with heavy soils than some carrots and is very prolific and fast maturing.
Product: Carrot 'Nantes'
Product type: SEED (300)
Botanical name: Daucus carota
Nantes' has a sweet crisp flavour with cylindrical, deep orange, tender roots 16 cm long. It is great for steaming, salads and juicing. It copes better with heavy soils than some carrots and is very prolific and fast maturing.
Plant type: Cool season annual up to 30cm high
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: 72 days
300 seeds per packet
Daucus carota
Cool season annual up to 30cm high
Carrot 'Nantes'
'Nantes' has a sweet crisp flavour with cylindrical, deep orange, tender roots 16 cm long. It is great for steaming, salads and juicing. It copes better with heavy soils than some carrots and is very prolific and fast maturing.