{"id":20826,"date":"2021-06-16T02:39:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T06:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/?p=20826"},"modified":"2021-06-20T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T15:52:26","slug":"10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips For The Perfect Carrot From Your Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Whether carrots or roots: With these 10 tips, you too will be able to successfully grow the classic in the vegetable patch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not only popular with rabbits &#8211; carrots are a real long-running favorite in German vegetable patches. After all, the orange roots are not only delicious, they can also be harvested fresh from your own garden for a long time. With these 10 tips, we will show you how easy it is to harvest crunchy carrots instead of wrinkled beets.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_10_The_agony_of_the_variety_choice\"><\/span><strong>Tip 10: The agony of the (variety) choice<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-661661e730276\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-661661e730276\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_10_The_agony_of_the_variety_choice\" title=\"Tip 10: The agony of the (variety) choice\">Tip 10: The agony of the (variety) choice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_9_Location_and_soil\" title=\"Tip 9: Location and soil\">Tip 9: Location and soil<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_8_Sow\" title=\"Tip 8: Sow\">Tip 8: Sow<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_7_Thin_out\" title=\"Tip 7: Thin out\">Tip 7: Thin out<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_6_fertilizers_and_nutrients\" title=\"Tip 6: fertilizers and nutrients\">Tip 6: fertilizers and nutrients<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_5_Water_march\" title=\"Tip 5: Water march\">Tip 5: Water march<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_4_Stay_underground\" title=\"Tip 4: Stay underground\">Tip 4: Stay underground<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_3_when_flies_fly\" title=\"Tip 3: when flies fly\">Tip 3: when flies fly<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_2_Abundant_Harvest\" title=\"Tip 2: Abundant Harvest\">Tip 2: Abundant Harvest<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/10-tips-for-the-perfect-carrot-from-your-own-garden\/#Tip_1_Carrots_for_the_whole_year\" title=\"Tip 1: Carrots for the whole year\">Tip 1: Carrots for the whole year<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>There is now a wide variety of carrots that differ in terms of their location, taste, and shape. If you prefer something a little more unusual, you can even grow white, yellow, or purple carrots in your own garden. But which is the right variety for your garden? To be able to nibble fresh carrots throughout the gardening season, it is advisable to plant several varieties. Early-ripening varieties can be harvested as early as the end of May and late varieties into autumn.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4e9ba0d379a28520e03b790d16d0bf06.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for getting the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_9_Location_and_soil\"><\/span><strong>Tip 9: Location and soil<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The soil is crucial for the carrot, after all, it is the root that is harvested later. The carrot prefers it to be loose and sandy. If, on the other hand, the soil is loamy or if stones block the way down, the roots tend to form further peaks. Bizarre growth patterns or poor growth can also be signs of unsuitable soil. Before planting, you can improve the soil with high-quality organic soil such as our peat-free Gardender organic tomato and vegetable soil to create optimal starting conditions for the carrot. Otherwise, the carrot likes it sunny. However, you should avoid neighboring beds with celery, fennel, and parsley. These not only need the same nutrients as the carrot but are also attacked by the same pests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might so like<\/strong>: <a class=\"yoast-link-suggestion__value\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/rhubarb-everything-about-planting-fertilizing-harvesting-the-barbarian-root\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhubarb: Planting, Fertilizing And Harvesting The Barbarian Root<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_8_Sow\"><\/span><strong>Tip 8: Sow<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Carrots are not particularly sensitive to the cold. Therefore, early varieties can be sown from the beginning of March, under a fleece even from February. Before sowing, however, the bed should be well prepared. Loosen the soil and remove stones from the earth (if possible). Then make several grooves about 3 cm deep in the ground, into which you can sow the carrots, each 2 to 4 cm apart. There should be a distance of 20 cm between the individual grooves. Radishes or dill can be planted here. Not only do you use the space optimally, dill even promotes the growth of the carrots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/07c5ac1bcac6378e9147e6cbc0834358.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for getting the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_7_Thin_out\"><\/span><strong>Tip 7: Thin out<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It may feel wrong to pull plants that you have sown yourself out of the ground, but for a good carrot harvest, thinning them out in the meantime is a must. If the carrots are too close together, they take away the nutrients from each other and only grow poorly. So you end up with more carrots, but they are very small. In addition, the carrots can grow together or form bizarre shapes that also hinder their growth. It is better to sort out sickly and poor plants as well as plants that are growing too densely at an early stage. Thinning is best when the plants are about 5 cm high. This gives you a better overview of how many carrots actually need to be removed. If you don&#8217;t have the heart to throw the little carrots on the compost, you can simply move them to another part of the garden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/eb8d199f947e7c8704b2e7c211dcb59b.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for getting the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_6_fertilizers_and_nutrients\"><\/span><strong>Tip 6: fertilizers and nutrients<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, \u201ca lot helps a lot\u201d does not apply to the orange vegetables. Carrots are mean eaters, which means they need a constant supply of nutrients. They react to a sudden high nutrient content with strong leaf growth, but we want to harvest the roots and not the carrot leaves. You should therefore refrain from using fertilizers when sowing, even if you actually want to do something good for them. Instead, you can work green manure into the soil in the autumn of the year before sowing the bed. Deep-rooted plants such as oil radish are ideal, as they loosen up the soil additionally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might so like<\/strong>: <a class=\"yoast-link-suggestion__value\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/how-to-plant-shallots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Plant Shallots: Growing The Asian Onion In Your Garden<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/7e465ea076c1b736ef359b15a5ea0332.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for getting the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_5_Water_march\"><\/span><strong>Tip 5: Water march<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Carrots like it moist. Especially immediately after sowing, it should be ensured that the soil always retains residual moisture. The bigger the carrots get, the less water the plants need. In fact, you should now make sure that the carrots do not get too much water as they grow later. Otherwise, the plant will put too much energy into its leaf growth and the size of the root will fall by the wayside. So if you want to harvest large carrots, you should pay attention to a balanced water balance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/0eeece43260bb82eb66ff18755377f67.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for getting the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_4_Stay_underground\"><\/span><strong>Tip 4: Stay underground<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Since carrots are not very competitive, it is very important, especially when they are young, to regularly remove the weeds between the rows. With this measure, the heads of the carrots can be accidentally freed from the protective earth. If this is the case, the heads should be covered with new soil after work. If part of the carrot is left exposed to sunlight for too long, unsightly discoloration will occur, which in extreme cases can also affect the taste.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a76952254f0ccac80e5e5d4c50798ec1.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for getting the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_3_when_flies_fly\"><\/span><strong>Tip 3: when flies fly<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The carrot fly is the most feared carrot pest. The fly lays its eggs near the ground, the larvae then eat their way through the carrot root. What remains are putrid, inedible carrot scraps. If you want to protect your carrots naturally, you can grow them in a mixed culture with onions or leeks. Flies avoid the smell of these plants and therefore do not attack the carrots. A suitable plant protection net can also help against small insects. If you have already had a carrot fly infestation, you should not plant carrots on this bed for at least three years. The larvae of the carrot fly overwinter in the ground and can thus also infect newly planted carrots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ebf02291c55951ee1816b4bbf7648e98.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for getting the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_2_Abundant_Harvest\"><\/span><strong>Tip 2: Abundant Harvest<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is no perfect time for the carrot harvest. The bigger the roots get, the more intense their taste becomes. If you prefer something milder and sweeter, you can harvest the carrot earlier. Of course, it is also possible to harvest some carrots early and let the others still grow so that the carrots always come fresh from the garden. In general, it takes about three months for the carrot to be ripe. The carrot can easily be pulled out of the earth by pulling on its leaves. In the case of heavy soils, it is advisable to loosen them up a little beforehand. The leaves should be turned off immediately after harvesting, otherwise, the carrots will quickly become limp and dry out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might so like<\/strong>: <a class=\"yoast-link-suggestion__value\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/growing-mint-indoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 Tips For Growing Mint Indoors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/895f94faa292572e514a9435370e9083.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for getting the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_1_Carrots_for_the_whole_year\"><\/span><strong>Tip 1: Carrots for the whole year<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Carrots can not only be enjoyed in summer and autumn. Even in winter, you don&#8217;t have to do without a healthy snack. Traditionally, the late carrots, which are harvested shortly before the first snowfall, are stored in sandboxes, earth cellars, or cool rooms. The refrigerator is also suitable for storing carrots. Wrapped in paper, the carrots will keep for a week before they begin to shrivel. If you want to have some of the great turnips for a longer time, you can freeze it ready to cook. The consistency of the carrot changes, but the fresh taste is retained.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/05d28adb0a9233826a72041801d9fe88.jpg\" alt=\"10 tips for the perfect carrot from your own garden\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Our Gardender vegetable growing set also contains carrot seeds &#8211; as well as everything else you need to grow delicious home-grown carrots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether carrots or roots: With these 10 tips, you too will be able to successfully grow the classic in the vegetable patch. Not only popular with rabbits &#8211; carrots are a real long-running favorite in German vegetable patches. 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