Carrot 'Red-Core Chantenay'
Carrot 'Red-Core Chantenay' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Red-Core Chantenay' is an heirloom variety with a great flavour. The carrots are high quality, smooth, tapered, deep orange - red in colour to 14 cm long. It grows well in most soil types, including clay soils. It resists splitting and forking, the strong tops make for easy pulling. Days to harvest: 70 - 75.
Product: Carrot 'Red-Core Chantenay'
Product type: SEED (300)
Botanical name: Daucus carota
Red-Core Chantenay' is an heirloom variety with a great flavour; high-quality with smooth, tapered, deep orange-red in colour to 14 cm long. It grows well in most soil types, including clay soils. The strong tops make for easy pulling; resists splitting and forking.
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: 70 – 75 days
300 seeds per packet
Daucus carota
Cool season annual up to 30cm high
Carrot 'Red-Core Chantenay'
Red-Core Chantenay' is an heirloom variety with a great flavour. The carrots are high quality, smooth, tapered, deep orange - red in colour to 14 cm long. It grows well in most soil types, including clay soils. It resists splitting and forking, the strong tops make for easy pulling. Days to harvest: 70 - 75.