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The answer to thousands of gardeners’ prayers - a clubroot-resistant calabrese! Dense deep-green heads are produced on a compact plant. Enjoy healthy harvests of this tasty and nutritional calabrese-broccoli variety from July onwards. Boil, steam or add raw to salads.Sow in individual pots or a seed tray of good seed compost and cover with 6mm (¼in) of compost or vermiculite. Maintain at a temperature of 15°C (60°F) until germination which will take around 7-10 days. Alternatively, seeds can be sown thinly, 12mm (½in) deep, in a prepared seedbed.Transplant when large enough to handle, about 5 weeks from sowing, leaving 50cm (20in) between plants in each direction. Plant firmly and keep well watered until established. Use fleece to protect against caterpillars and aphids as necessary. -
Carrot Adelaide is one of the earliest maturing varieties available. Short tops with smooth skinned, cylindrical roots, filling out quickly to give a crunchy sweet flavour. Ideal for sowing early in cold frames. Be the first to pull carrots this spring! Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.Sow January to February under cloches/frames. Sow March to August outdoors. Sow seeds thinly in well prepared, fertile soil 1-2cm (½ to ¾in) deep In broad drills. No thinning necessary for hunching carrots, otherwise thin to 2-2.5cm (¾ to 1in) or give slightly wider spacings if larger roots are required. Allow 15cm (6in) between each drill.Water only if necessary as excessive water may encourage leaf growth instead of roots. Earth up growing roots to prevent green crowns. Cover later sowings with fleece or fine netting to minimise carrot fly infestation. Water soil beforehand if dry to mPrefers well drained, moist, rich, cool conditions. -
A high quality variety producing small cylindrical roots with a rich deep orange red colour and almost no core. Carrot Amsterdam Forcing is very quick to mature, ideal for early forcing in frames, cloches etc. to produce delicious finger carrots. To produce quick crops out of doors from summer to autumn sow at 14 day intervals through the spring and early summer.Sow seeds from late winter to mid summer in drills 1cm (½in) deep, spaced 30cm (12in) apart.As soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle, start thinning them out so they are finally 2cm (1in) apart.The last thinnings will provide tender roots just large enough to be used. Harvest summer to autumn as soon as the roots are big enough to pull. For early carrots sow in a cold frame or under cloches during February and March. -
An outstanding garden variety, producing a uniform crop of heavy, cylindrical rich orange skinned and fleshed roots of 25-30cm (10-12in) length. A maincrop variety with excellent flavour, roots resist 'greening of crowns' and cracking and have excellent storing capabilities. Sow thinly, 12mm (1/2in) deep in well-prepared soil, in rows 30cm (12in) apart. Thin out seedlings if necessary, to 2.5cm (1in) apart. Water only if necessary as excessive water may encourage leaf growth instead of roots. Earth up growing roots with soil to prevent green crowns. Cover later sowings with fleece or fine netting to minimise carrot fly infestation. Water soil beforehand, if dry, to make lifting easier."SERVING SUGGESTION: Boil, roast, slice or stir-fry, also blend roots for adelicious carrot juice." -
Deservedly well-known, rich, orange/red-fleshed carrot, crisp and sweet. Carrot Supreme Chantenay Red Cored is excellent for a very early and successional sowing. Described as an intermediate, stump-rooted variety.Carrots prefer a deep, rich well drained soil which does not contain fresh manure or compost. Sow seeds spring to mid summer in drills 1cm (½in) deep, spaced 30cm (12in) apart.As soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle, start thinning them out so that they are finally 1cm (4in) apart.The last thinnings should provide tender roots just large enough to be used. Harvest late summer and autumn. -
Unusual tapering, 18cm (7in) purple skinned roots are sweet, tender and flavoursome with coreless orange flesh and are delicious eaten both cooked or raw in a salad.Sow thinly, 13mm (1/2in) deep in broad drills 30cm (12in) apart. Thin seedlings as necessary, probably unnecessary for 'baby roots', but to 2.5-5cm (1-2 in) apart for larger roots for storing. Keep well watered for best quality roots. Protect with enviromesh or erect a 50cm (20in) barrier around the crop against carrot fly.Serve boiled carrots with a sprinkling of chopped parsley, a little sugar and ground black pepper. Add raw roots to salads or use with dips to create an attractive and tasty colour contrast. -
Ideal carrot variety for the home gardener! Strong, bright orange roots boast exceptional flavour and are a good source of Vitamin C and antioxidants. Top quality roots show resistance to cavity spot which can affect some varieties.Sow thinly, 1cm (½in) deep, in drills 30cm (12in) apart. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2in) apart when large enough to handle, and grow under enviromesh to reduce risk of carrot root fly attack. Keep well watered for best quality roots.SERVING SUGGESTION: Chunks of the sweet flesh are delicious in salads or used as dippers with cream cheese. -
Quick growing, uniform, round roots with rich orange flesh. These bite sized, tender roots are ideal in salads and as children's snacks. Ideal for growing in containers and window boxes. Also in clay or shallow soils where growing longer carrots proves difficult.Sow thinly, 1cm (1/2in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart. Thin seedlings to 25mm (1in) apart when large enough to handle, to reduce risk of carrot root fly attack.Keep well watered for best quality roots. -
An unusual, deep red-coloured carrot variety that produces consistent, medium-sized 17.5cm (7in) roots which boast equivalent flavour and crunchy texture to orange carrots. Sweet and tasty grated into salads!Sow thinly, 1cm (½in) deep, in drills 30cm (12in) apart. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2in) apart when large enough to handle, and grow under enviromesh to reduce risk of carrot root fly attack. Keep well watered for best quality roots.SERVING SUGGESTION: Chunks of the sweet flesh are delicious in salads or used as dippers with cream cheese. -
"Approximate root length: 12-15cms (5-6 inches).Excellent as a Maincrop variety, with superb storage capabilities. Carrot Resistafly produces larger, cylindrical, smooth, more blunt ended roots than Flyaway, with the sweetest of flavours. Good early vigour, with good skin and core colour when later sown, as a Maincrop."Sow May to June. Sow seeds thinly, 1cm (1/2in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart.Thin seedlings carefully when large enough to handle, to reduce risk of carrot root fly attack.Prefers well drained, moist, rich soil. Later sowings give good colour when lifted and stored. -
A rich orange skinned and fleshed, coreless, extra sweet flavoured Japanese bred variety with smooth skinned, cylindrical, blunt ended roots. Excellent for late summer-autumn cropping, for the kitchen or on the showbench, or left longer to harvest for winter storage.Sow thinly 1cm (1/2in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart. This seedlings to 5cm (2in) apart when large enough to handle, to reduce risk of carrot root fly attack. Keep well watered for best quality roots.Serving Suggestion: Chunks of the sweet flesh are delicious in salads or used as dippes with cream cheese. -
Late maincrop nantes, producing very long smooth-skinned roots up to 23cm long. High resistance to Cavity spot and crown disease. Very strong, tapered roots, with exceptional resistance to breakage and splitting. A great winter harvest.Sow carrot seeds thinly at a depth of 13mm (½in) in drills 30cm (12in) apart.When large enough to handle, thin out the seedlings within each row to 5cm (2in) apart. Where space is limited, growing carrots in containers will also produce a worthwhile crop. Carrots dislike freshly manured soils so seedbeds are best prepared in autumn, well in advance of spring sowings.
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