🥕🌿🌞 Chantenay Carrot Seeds (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) – 1000 Seeds – Sweet, Short Heirloom Carrot for Home Gardens & Raised Beds

🌿 Latin Name: Daucus carota subsp. sativus
🥕 Common Name: Chantenay Carrot
📦 Quantity: 1000 seeds
🌱 Type: Heirloom, open-pollinated, cool-season root vegetable

The Chantenay Carrot is a time-tested favorite known for its short, chunky shape, deep orange color, and exceptionally sweet flavor. Perfect for shallow soils and raised beds, it produces sturdy, tapered roots that store well and grow easily even in challenging garden conditions.

This variety is particularly suitable for home gardeners looking for uniform, nutritious carrots that perform in less-than-perfect soil.

🌞 Sowing Time:

• Cool Season Crop: Sow outdoors 2–4 weeks before last frost and again in late summer for fall harvest

• Successive Sowing: Every 2–3 weeks for a continuous supply

🪴 Growing Instructions:

• Sow Depth: 0.5 cm (1/4 inch)

• Spacing: Thin to 5 cm (2 inches) apart

• Row Spacing: 30 cm (12 inches)

• Germination Temp: 10–24°C (50–75°F)

• Germination Time: 10–20 days

• Light Requirements: Full sun to light shade

• Watering: Keep soil moist for even germination and root development

• Thinning: Thin seedlings early to allow root expansion

🌱 Soil & Growing Conditions:

• Ideal Soil Type: Loose, well-drained sandy or loamy soil

• Soil Depth: Minimum 20 cm (8 inches)

• Soil pH: 6.0–7.0

• Fertilization: Low nitrogen fertilizer recommended to avoid excess foliage over root development

• Climate Suitability: Thrives in cool to mild temperatures; avoid extreme heat

🧑🌾 Usage:

• Excellent raw in salads, juiced, roasted, steamed, or used in soups and stews

• Stores well for winter use when harvested in fall

• Great for baby carrots and home preserves

• Ideal for small-space gardens, containers, and raised beds

🥕 Plant Characteristics:

• Root Length: 10–15 cm (4–6 inches)

• Shape: Conical, broad at the shoulders, tapering to a blunt tip

• Color: Deep orange inside and out

• Texture: Crisp and tender

• Flavor: Sweet, mild, and earthy

• Days to Maturity: 65–75 days

🐝 Pollination & Companions:

• Pollination: Biennial for seed production; root crop in first year

• Companion Plants: Onions, leeks, rosemary, radishes, peas

• Avoid Near: Dill and parsnips (may cross or compete)

This package weighs 5 grams, and has about 1000 seeds.

Daucus carota