09/06/2026
The carrot crop is looking fantastic this year.
The trick to nice carrots is good germination, loose soil and proper spacing,
*Prepare the soil, carrots prefer loose loomy soil, so if you have heavy clay ground like me add some sand to your carrot bed and work it in with a small broad fork or tiller. If you already have light sandy soil, your all set. Also make sure the ground is tilled deep so the carrot can freely grow down ⬇️
* sow your seed in the spring carrots like cool temps and moist soil to germinate.
Although carrots will germinate in hotter temps , in increases the chance the seedlings will get leggy
* lightly moisten the sowed seed
* Cover your sowed carrot seed with cardboard
burlap or a board, CARROTS DO NOT need light to germinate. By covering the seed, it keeps the moisture from evaporating and increases your germination rate, and speed of germination.
Carrots can take 7 - 21 days to germinate, Who wants to wait 21 days?, not me🙃
* As soon as carrots spout remove the covering
Or they will start reaching for light and get leggy
* Thin, thin the seedlings 1-2 inches Carrots get big and need space to mature.
* Watch them grow,
* EAT carrots, you can eat baby carrots throughout the summer months ( this helps thin them too)and harvest mature carrots closer to fall.
