Carrot Nantes

Nantes is a long straight tasty carrot variety with a very attractive internal flesh with high vitamin A content. The carrots are cylindrical, straight with a rounded tip and matures in 110 days from planting measuring 17-20cm long.

This particular variety yields about 17tonnes per acre with a good management system in place and carrots are deep orange in colour. It also exhibits partial tolerance to powdery mildew

Cultivation advice Seed Tape Carrot Nantes 6M (3X2M)

• Sow Apr to Jun direct to the growing
• Prepare the soil in your chosen growing location, removing any weeds and raking to a fine
• Make a shallow drill in the soil and simply roll out the tape in the Tape can be cut to suit row length.
• Cover thinly with soil, water lightly, mark the row with a label and ensure the soil is kept
• The seed is pre-spaced on the tape; however, you may need to do a small amount of thinning on some varieties as they develop depending on the germination rate achieved.