Grow some carrots
by Diane - February 25th, 2013.Filed under: Suttons Seeds.
Hint for avoiding carrot fly: Sow your seeds in a plastic container and put it on top of your compost bin. this should keep it out of the way of carrot fly. This allows you to control the fineness of the soil – sandy soil stone and manure free is good – any lumps distort the shape of carrots.
You can use fine mesh too to keep away carrot fly or try companion planting.
Carrot Amsterdam Forcing 3 Seeds £2.25
Amsterdam Forcing 3 is a carrot with a superb taste that can be grown in tubs, raised beds or borders. Harvest from small finger size or wait until they’re bigger. Can be sown under glass or in succession outdoors for small, succulent roots.
Carrot Autumn King 2 Seeds £5.55
Good-sized, cylindrical, red-cored roots of extra fine quality. Larger than the Nantes type, and good for storing. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Carrot Caracas Seed £1.65
An open-pollinated mini chantenay variety, which is ideal for small beds & containers. Needs to be sown closely together and used fresh from the plot. Standard variety.
Carrot Chantenay Red Cored 2 Seeds £1.49
A first-class carrot, producing good quality, flavoursome carrots over a long cropping period. Increasingly popular in supermarkets, it is ideal for boiling, steaming or stir-frying.
Carrot Early Nantes 5 Seeds £1.85
Early Nantes 5 is a suberb tasting carrot that’s excellent for successional sowing, or in frames or under cloches for early roots. Suitable for salads, cooking or freezing.
Carrot F1 Bangor Seeds £2.45
An excellent, heavy yielding Nantes/Berlicum hybrid. Medium early maturing roots, smooth skinned, cylindrical and uniform in colour. Stores well. Resistant to Greentop and cracking. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Carrot F1 Bolero Seeds £1.29
A first-class maincrop Nantes type, producing a good crop of conical, smooth-skinned, deep orange roots, which have come out as the number one choice in taste trials. High Alternaria resistance.
Carrot F1 Eskimo Seeds £3.55
Eskimo can be cropped late and stored, or overwintered on well drained soils. A very strong carrot with robust tops, and high Cavity Spot and Alternaria tolerance. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Frost-tolerant Eskimo carrot wins NIAB award.
Carrot F1 Flyaway Organic Seeds £2.45
A carrot fly resistant variety, producing attractive, tasty roots in garden or raised bed. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Carrot F1 Komarno Seeds £1.85
This late-maturing F1 hybrid will reliably provide you with a heavy crop of high quality, great tasting, tapering orange roots.
Carrot F1 Maestro Seeds £3.55
This superior carrot also has excellent disease tolerance (including Cavity Spot and Alternaria). Actually bred for root quality and reliability of crop, it has good foliage health and vigour, and is ideal for organic production. Variety recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Carrot F1 Rainbow Seeds £1.65
An unusual and fascinating carrot mixture, producing delicious roots in an array of shades – even the fussiest of kids may be tempted by the look of it!
Carrot F1 Resistafly Seeds £2.55
Ideal for organic growers, this delicious, high quality Nantes-type variety is a good choice for anyone worried about those pesky pests! Recommended for deep freezing.
Carrot Katrin Seeds £1.85
A tasty chantenay-type carrot which is resistant to bolting. Ready to harvest approximately 125 days after sowing. Standard variety.
Carrot Nantes 2 Mars Organic Seeds £1.99
A tasty early to mid-season bunching carrot which stores well.
Carrot Rondo Seeds £1.85
A tasty, uniform, round carrot with good internal and external colouring, which yielded well in our trials. Ideal for shallow soils as well as containers. Globe-shaped variety.
Carrot Seeds – Early Nantes 5 £1.85
Superb taste. Quick to grow. For salads, stir fry or freezing.
Carrot Seeds – F1 Purple Haze £2.25
The first hybrid purple carrot combining great taste and a vigorous growth habit with a colour that will brighten up mealtimes and could be a good way to encourage children to eat vegetables!
Carrot Seeds – Ideal £1.49
Easy to grow. High in vitamin A. Quick to mature. Baby carrot type. Ready in just 12 weeks.
Carrot Seeds – Rondo £1.85
Easy to grow. Tasty, succulent carrots. For pots, raised beds or garden.
Carrot St. Valery Seeds £1.85
Reliable maincrop carrot producing long, tapering roots; excellent for winter storage.
Carrot Yellowstone Seeds £2.45
High in vitamin A, C, and beta carotene, it’s also very tasty…and easy to grow, too!