• High in Vitamin A!
• When growing carrots, you can increase your harvest by mixing the seeds with unused ground coffee before sowing. Not only does the extra bulk make the tiny seeds easier to sow, but the coffee aroma may repel root maggots and other pests. As a bonus, the coffee will help add nutrients to the soil as it decomposes around the plants.
• Sow seeds in a row or a band as thinly as possible, no more than three seeds per inch . Planting in rows is preferable, since it makes weeding easier. Tamp seeds in with the back of a rake to bury them inch deep. A few weeks later, thin the seedlings, leaving the strongest plant every 2 inches in the row for small varieties. Thin larger varieties to 3 inches apart.
• Secrets to growing sweet carrots. First, avoid high-nitrogen fertilizer, which can lead to coarse, hairy roots that are devoid of flavor.  Second, time planting so the roots will mature in cool soil. Get a prompt start in spring, sowing seeds when apples are in bloom. Plant carrots again in late summer for fall harvest.
• Pick types for your soil type.  Heavier clay soils are harder for long carrots.  Pick shorter types for heavy soils.

What are the different types?

• Nantes Types:  Fresh Market blunt end, uniform size top to bottom.   6-7" Long,  Bunching and finger carrots.  Early to mid-season.
• Cello/Jumbo Types:  Cylindrical with a slight taper, 8-12" long,  Early to mid-season.
• Cut-N-Peel Type:  Very long and slender,  cylindrical, very slight taper, 3/4 in diameter and 9-14" Long.  Used often as slicers.  Mid to main-season.