Friday, 5 January 2024

In My Seed Box for 2024 - Carrots

If packs of seeds are kept in ideal conditions, then the life expectancy for Carrot seeds is 3 to 5 years. Most seed companies give you the year packed and the sow by date which is normally 2-3 years. Dobies - only give the packed year ending date and I have set a 2-year sow by like most other companies.

2023 was supposed to be the year of the carrot, but because of the tumor the magic didn't happen. I still plan to grow the Bugs Bunny Carrots in the blue barrel of sand, but that didn't happen last year, but it's going to happen this year.   

Prices per pack at the year purchased / packed.

Review Of Seed Stocks in Packets Sow By 2024

Autumn King 2             - 1100 Seeds - £1.99 - Suttons           - Packed YE 2021
Carisma                                                    49p - Lidl                - Packed YE 2022
Snowman F1               -   350 Seeds - £2.59  - D.T.Brown     - Packed YE 2021
Carrot Cascade F1      -   500 Seeds - £2.99  - Dobies           - Packed YE 2021

Review Of Seed Stocks in Packets Sow By 2025

Autumn King 2           - 1100 Seeds - £1.99 - Suttons             - Packed YE 2021  
Ibiza F1                        - 400 Seeds - £2.99  - Dobies            - Packed YE 2021
Mercurio F1                  - 300 Seeds - £2.99  - Dobies            - Packed YE 2021
Mercurio F1                  - 500 Seeds - £2.69  - D.T.Brown       - Packed YE 2022
Nerac F1                      - 350 Seeds - £2.55 - Mr Fothergill's  - Packed YE 2022
Ranbow Mix F1           -   200 Seeds - £2.99 - Unwins            - Packed YE 2022
Royal Chantenay 3     - 1000 Seeds -   75p^  - wilko              - Packed YE 2022      
Resistafly F1               - 1000 Seeds - £1.00^ - wilko              - Packed YE 2022

^ Purchased in the wilko 50% end of season sale   

Review Of Seed Stocks in Packets Sow By 2026

Black Nebula                  -   300 Seeds - £2.99 - Sutton       - Packed YE 2024
Burpees Short N Sweet - 1000 Seeds - £2.49 - Sutton        - Packed YE 2024
Volcano F1                     -   300 Seeds - £2.49 - Dobies       - Packed YE 2023
  

Alphabetical Listing of Carrots I have grown 

                                            Sowing            Harvest
Amsterdam 2 (Solo)          - Jan – July         Apr - Oct
Amsterdam 3                     - Jan – July         Apr - Oct
Autumn King 2                   - Mar – Jul         Jun - Nov
Cascade F1                       - Feb – Jul          Jun - Nov
Charisma F1                      - Mar - Aug         Jul - Oct 
Chartenay Red Cored        - Mar – Jun        May – Oct
Chartenay Red Cored 3     - Apr – July        Jun – Nov
Early Scarlet Horn              - Feb – Jun        May - Sep
Early Nantes 2                   - Jan – July        Jul - Dec
Early Nantes 2 Frubund     - Feb – Oct        Apr - Nov
Early Nantes 5                   - Mar – Jul         May – Oct
Flyaway                             - May – Jun        Aug - Oct
Ibiza F1                             - Mar - Jun          Jun - Oct 
Jitka F1                              - Mar – Jul         Jun - Nov
Mercurio F1                       - Feb - April        Jun - Sept
Nandor F1*                        - Mar – Jul         Jun - Oct
Nairobi                               - Jan – Jun         Jul - Nov
Nantes 2 – Frubund           - Feb – Oct         Apr - Nov
Nantes 5                             - Mar – Jul         May - Oct
Nerac F1                             - Mar – Jul         Jun - Dec
Nigel F1 Hybrid                  - Mar – Jun         Jul - Dec
Paris Market - Atlas*          - Mar – July        Jun - Oct
Rainbow                             - Apr – Jun         Jul - Oct - Thompson & Morgan
Rainbow Mix                      - Mar – Jun           Jun – Sep - Marshalls
Romance F1                       Feb – May          Jun - Sep
Rondo
Royal Chantenay 3           - Mar – Jun           Jun – Oct
Silvano F1                         - Apr  May          Sep - Mar
Snowman F1                     - Mar - Aug           Jun - Oct 
St Valery                           - Mar – Jul           Jun – Nov
Sugarsnaps 54 F1             - Mar – Jul            Jun - Nov - Mr Fothergills
Sugarsnaps 54 F1             - Apr – Jun            Aug - Mar - Unwins

*  Short ideal for starting in loo rolls

Sow Date Listing for Varieties that have historically been in My Seed Box

                                        Sowing

Amsterdam 2 (Solo)         - Jan
Amsterdam 3                    - Jan
Early Nantes 2                   -Jan
Early Nantes 2 Frubund   - Feb
Romance F1                    - Feb
Mercurio F1                      - Feb
Autumn King 2                 - Mar
Chartenay Red Cored      - Mar
Early Nantes 5                 - Mar
Ibiza F1                            - Mar
Jitka F1                            - Mar
Nandor F1                        - Mar
Nerac F1                          - Mar
Nigel F1 Hybrid                - Mar
Paris Market – Atlas         - Mar
Rainbow Mix                    - Mar - Marshalls
Royal Chantenay 3          - Mar
Snowman F1                   - Mar
St Valery                          - Mar
Sugarsnaps 54 F1           - Mar
Rainbow                           - Apr - Thompson & Morgan
Sugarsnaps 54 F1            - Apr
Chartenay Red Cored 3   - Apr - kings Seeds
Flyaway                            - May

Germination 10 - 21 days

Rows  250 - 300 apart

An interesting thread re the different sowing times for Sugarsnaps 54 F1 and Varieties that will over winter on the Grow Your Own Grapevine Carrot Confusion

Other cold tolerant varieties are Eskimo (T&M) and Marion (Marshalls),


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