Daucus carota Seeds | Nantes Carrot
LATIN NAME: Daucus carota
COMMON NAME: Nantes Carrot
Plant Profile
Nantes Carrot (Daucus carota) grows as a biennial in the carrot family. Carrot is quiet one of vegetable garden, root that keeps winter soups honest. Plant is one of great, dependable crops of kitchen garden, and crisp, sweet roots have a very long record in kitchens of the world. It is a plant of deep, light, rich, well-drained ground. Taken as a whole, it is a plant that repays a little attention many times over.
Science & Biotechnology
Botanists studying the carrot family regularly include Daucus carota in comparative work, and the species also appears in horticultural trials aimed at gardeners and growers. Carrot is a plain, familiar workhorse of plant science, studied for long, straight roots and breeding of sweetness and the colour. It is the kind of species that plant scientists reach for when they need reliable material for propagation and selection studies.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Nantes Carrot for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. Carrot is crisp, reliable workhorse of autumn kitchen garden. Long, straight, bright-orange roots are eaten raw, grated, roasted and boiled, and they are fine, sweet base of soups, stocks and stews of the world. Plant is one of great, dependable crops of vegetable garden, standing cool season well and keeping its sweetness in the store. Given the right start, it carries on with minimal intervention.
The carrot is a vitamin-A powerhouse through its beta-carotene, and wild carrot seed has a folk record as a diuretic; the vegetable’s eye-health reputation is one of the best-earned in nutrition.
Growing from Seed
Sow fresh seed of Nantes Carrot under ordinary good conditions. Fill a pot with a light seed compost, sow evenly on the surface, cover thinly and stand it somewhere warm, bright and evenly moist. Shift the seedlings into small pots as soon as they can be handled, and give them bright light until planting-out time.
Our Take
Nantes Carrot repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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