Organic carrot mix

$4.49

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The organic carrot mix is an invitation to rediscover the vegetable garden from a gourmet, colorful, and generous perspective, with a diversity of roots that transform each harvest into a flavorful surprise. Grown for their beauty as much as for their taste quality, these carrots offer a palette of shapes, textures, and colors that enliven the garden rows and enrich the plate throughout the season. Their finely cut foliage brings a pleasant visual lightness to the vegetable garden, while their flowers, if some plants are left to go to seed in the second year, become very popular with pollinating insects. Easy to grow in loose and deep soil, they reward patience with straight, tender, and fragrant roots, perfect for everyday cooking as well as for more creative preparations. This mix also allows for extended harvests and varied pleasures, offering nuanced flavors ranging from sweet to more robust depending on the types present. In the garden, planting these carrots introduces a beautiful cultivated diversity, precious for both aesthetics and the resilience of the vegetable garden. Their regular growth and delicate appearance create a discreet but essential presence in cultivation beds well exposed to the sun. Growing this mix means choosing a vibrant, abundant, and inspiring harvest, connecting market gardening simplicity, biodiversity, and the renewed pleasure of cooking what you have sown yourself.

Growing conditions

Watering
Regular
Exposure
Sun
Germination temperature
10 to 25 °C (50 to 77 °F)
Germination (days)
10 to 21 days

Growth & dimensions

Spread
4 to 6 in (10 to 15 cm)
Height
30 to 40 cm (12 to 16 in.)
Sowing depth
1 to 1.5 cm (3/8 to 5/8 in)

Flowering & harvest

Flowering
2nd-year summer
Sowing period
April to July
Harvest
65 to 85 days after sowing
Use
crudités, cooking, roasts, juice, nourishing vegetable patch
Companion plants
leek, onion, lettuce, radish
Incompatible plants
dill