How to Grow Carrot at Home

• Loosen the soil up with a fork before you plant so that the carrots roots can move down into the soil easily while growing.
• Dampen the soil before you put the seeds in.
• You need to make little drills no deeper than 2cm to plant carrot seeds.
• Once you have added the seed, pat the soil gently and give a light sprinkle of water.
• Carrot seeds can be mixed with radish seeds, then planted together.
• Radish is quick growing, allowing the carrot seedlings to grow strong, enjoying the protection from the radish pushing through the soil first.
• Generally the seedlings will come up in bunches and be very close to each other.
• You need to thin the Carrot seedlings out by removing a few of them, so that they are not too close to each other.
This happens in stages every few weeks.
• After 6- 8 weeks, there will be baby carrots, which are a treat to eat.
• If you neglect to do the thinning, the carrots that are growing will not produce well.

Companions (do well together)
• Carrot likes to be planted near to Chives, Dill, Flax, Lettuce, Leek, Onion, Parsley, Pea, Rosemary, Sage and Tomato.

Antagonists (don't do well together)
• Carrot does not like growing near Cabbage, Fennel, Kohlrabi and Potato.

• Give carrots a good twist when pulling them out the ground.
• Cut off the leaves right away, they draw moisture and nourishment out the roots.
• Use the carrot tops on the soil around the plants as Mulch to keep the soil nurished.
• Carrots can be used in soups, stew, home fries, stir fries, wine and cakes or used for juicing or simply eaten raw.

• 1 bunch of carrots
• 1 large mango or the juice of 2-3 oranges
• Cumin or fennel seeds


• Grate up the whole bunch of carrots. If using mango, peel and grate and add. If using orange, squeeze the juice and add to the carrots.
• Crush a few cumin or fennel seeds and add. This makes a delicious salad with any meal.

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