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Carrot Burpees Short N Sweet Seeds

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Carrot Burpees Short N Sweet Seeds - Irish Plants Direct

This easy to grow variety has bright orange roots that have sweet flavour with a crunchy texture they are excellent for growing in poorer soils or containers.

Seed Qty 1000

Sow March - August

Germination 10 - 21 days

Loam or sandy soil that's alkaline, acidic or neutral

Harvest June - November

Companion Plants Leeks, onions, parsley, radish, tomato, lettuce and marigolds

Do not plant with kohl rabi, parsnip or fennel.

Pull up small carrots from June onwards.

A good source of vitamin A

Use for Boiling, steaming and using raw in salad.

A handy tip try and thin the carrots in the evening to try to avoid the carrot root fly.

Carrots need a firm fertile crumbling soil that has not been manure in the last year. Dig the ground in autumn then apply a general fertiliser two weeks before sowing. Keep well watered during dry weather to stop them getting woody.

Try to thin the carrots during the evening to avoid carrot fly.

Sow from March onwards under cloches to harvest an early crop in June and then successional sow through to August. The seed is extremely small but try to sow as thinly as possible in drills 1cm deep and in rows 15cm apart when the seedlings appear thin to around 7cm apart.

A good variety for growing in containers.

Mr Fothergills Range Seeds

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