Sowing Carrots - Kitchen Garden Magazine

Here are a few tips you might find useful for sowing carrots

The main sowing period is March through to June, though I have sown in July too with good results
Don’t sow in soil that has been freshly manured or your carrots will fork
If sowing in early spring, warm the ground up a little by covering it with black polythene for a few weeks prior to sowing
Rake the ground and take out as many stones as you can – you don’t want your seedlings fighting to get through
Create a drill about 1.5cm (½in) deep. You can make it a little deeper if you wish and add a thin layer of compost as an inner bed for the seeds to lie in
Sow thinly and then cover with soil, or you can cover with a layer of multi-purpose compost
Water in. If you’re starting in early spring season cover with a cloche or even with a layer of clear polythene (you can remove the latter once the seedlings start to emerge)
For stony or clay soils, go for a round variety such as ‘Paris Market’ – quite chunky if you let them grow to full maturity

And here’s Steve demonstrating how to sow carrots in pots:

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Tony Flanagan

Tony Flanagan is Kitchen Garden’s staff writer. He has been an enthusiastic grower of fruit and veg for many years. His favourite things to grow are peppers (sweet and chllli), tomatoes, herbs and beans. When he is not gardening or not writing about gardening, he is an avid Wolverhampton Wanderers fan. 07587038039 | [email protected]