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Vegetable Seeds - Carrots

Carrots are quite easy to grow but need deep fertile sandy soil . They come in various shapes and colours ranging from small round varieties, short cylindrical (stump rooted) to the long-rooted types . There are early and maincrop varieties For help in growing carrots check out our guide here: Grow Your Own Carrots

Carrots Seeds

Carrots Seeds

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Carrot (Organic) Seeds - Autumn King 2

Large uniform roots of exceptional colour. Heavy cropping and highly popular. Stores well, retaining its colour and flavour.

From Dobies Price: £1.99

Carrot (Organic) Seeds - Autumn King 2

Large uniform roots of exceptional colour. Heavy cropping and highly popular. Stores well, retaining its colour and flavour.

From Suttons Price: £1.99

Carrot (Organic) Seeds - Rainbow Mix

A colourful mix of maincrop carrots. White, purple and yellow varieties, mixed to sow and harvest together. Carrots are high in vitamin A.

From Dobies Price: £1.99

Carrot (Organic) Seeds - Rainbow Mix

A colourful mix of maincrop carrots. White, purple and yellow varieties, mixed to sow and harvest together. Carrots are high in vitamin A.

From Suttons Price: £1.99

Carrot (Organic) Seeds - Resistafly F1

Carrot (Organic) Seeds - Resistafly F1A carrot fly resistance and the F1 hybrid makes this variety a great carrot to grow!The Carrot Resistafly F1 is a Nantes hybrid with great carrot fly resistance. This carrot variety has a traditional long shape with a bright orange, well coloured hue and smooth roots. The Carrot Resistafly F1 benefits from the F1 strength, giving it better cropping power and producing better all round vegetables.;With a sweet and juicy flavour, the Carrot Resistafly F1 is absolutely perfect for creating baby carrots to add to your dishes.

From Dobies Price: £2.49

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot (Organic) Seeds - Resistafly F1

Carrot (Organic) Seeds - Resistafly F1 A carrot fly resistance and the F1 hybrid makes this variety a great carrot to grow! The Carrot Resistafly F1 is a Nantes hybrid with great carrot fly resistance. This carrot variety has a traditional long shape with a bright orange, well coloured hue and smooth roots. The Carrot Resistafly F1 benefits from the F1 strength, giving it better cropping power and producing better all round vegetables.? With a sweet and juicy flavour, the Carrot Resistafly F1 is absolutely perfect for creating baby carrots to add to your dishes. Carrots are grown best in the ground, however they grow well in large containers too. Allow for plenty of room for them to grow into.

From Suttons Price: £2.49

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Amsterdam Forcing 3

One of the earliest varieties to crop. Can be sown early under glass or in succession outdoors either in a container or direct in the ground. ?Finger-like? small, sweet, succulent roots. Ideal for salads or cooking. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 42 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £2.49

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Amsterdam Forcing 3

The earliest variety for protected or outdoor sowings in containers or garden. Medium length, high quality, blunt-ended roots. Sow fortnightly, crop from spring to autumn. Row 15m (50'). Recommended for deep freezing. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.

From Dobies Price: £3.99

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Amsterdam Forcing 3

The earliest variety for protected or outdoor sowings in containers or garden. Medium length, high quality, blunt-ended roots. Sow fortnightly, crop from spring to autumn. Row 15m (50'). Recommended for deep freezing. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.

From Dobies Price: £1.99

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Artemis F1

A high quality, deep-orange-skinned Nantes-type carrot, which tastes superb and shows good resistance to bolting. 168 days from sowing to harvest to help with your selection (this is based on Toby's trials and may vary). RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.

From Dobies Price: £2.49

Carrot Seeds - Atlas

A little round(ish) variety. A perfect little carrot to grow in containers or if you have stoney or heavy soil where regular carrots arent a great success. It forms small ping pong ball sized, super sweet spheres. This variety is an old 19th century French one which used to be grown in the market gardens of Paris. Children love to grow these in containers, they mature quickly and are the perfect size for them to take to school in their lunch box.

From Dobies Price: £2.49

Carrot Seeds - Autumn King 2

Autumn King 2 is a large, popular, late maturing carrot producing good-sized, cylindrical, red-cored roots of extra fine quality. A heavy cropper that's good for storing too. 70 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas).

From Suttons Price: £1.99

Carrot Seeds - Autumn King 2

Autumn King 2 is a large, popular, late maturing carrot producing good-sized, cylindrical, red-cored roots of extra fine quality. A heavy cropper that's good for storing too. 70 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas).

From Suttons Price: £4.99

Carrot Seeds - Autumn King 2

Heavy yields of very tasty, long, tapering, stump-ended roots. Stores well. For best results, do not sow later than mid-May. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.

From Dobies Price: £2.99

Carrot Seeds - Autumn King 2

Heavy yields of very tasty, long, tapering, stump-ended roots. Stores well. For best results, do not sow later than mid-May. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.

From Dobies Price: £1.49

Carrot Seeds - Bowling Carrots (Rondo)

These cute little round carrots are easy and fast to grow. They are great to eat, but they also make great ?rolling carrots?. Roll them like marbles or use them to play a game like skittles. They?re great fun! ?

From Suttons Price: £1.99

Carrot Seeds - Cascade F1

Carrot Seeds - Cascade F1An improved variety of carrot with an extremely sweet tasteThe Carrot Seeds - Cascade is an improved Chantenay variety with F1 vigour! The benefit of this is better uniformity than traditional types, it is stump rooted and crops earlier than many other varieties of carrot. The Carrot Seeds - Cascade F1 is slow to bolt and will hold well in the ground. The taste of the Carrot - Cascade is extremely sweet, making it great to add to dishes during the summer months for a varied flavour to your meals.;The Carrot Seeds - Cascade F1 can be grown to a very high density to produce miniature carrots or thinned and left to grow larger. This improved variety has a compact habit and will be ready to harvest June?November. Growing to a height of 31?40cm (12?16); spread 1?10cm (1/2?4).

From Dobies Price: £2.99

Carrot Seeds - Chantenay Red Cored 2

An old traditional variety producing flavoursome carrots over a long period. Ideal for boiling, steaming or stir-frying. 80 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £1.55

Carrot Seeds - Chantenay Red Cored 2

Traditionally throught to be the best tasting carrots, Chantenay carrots are stump-rooted, early maincrop types with small cored orange roots of fine texture. Row 15m (50').

From Dobies Price: £1.49

Carrot Seeds - Chantenay Red Cored 2

Traditionally throught to be the best tasting carrots, Chantenay carrots are stump-rooted, early maincrop types with small cored orange roots of fine texture. Row 15m (50'). 80 days from sowing to harvest to help with your selection (this is based on Toby's trials and may vary).

From Dobies Price: £2.99

Carrot Seeds - Continuity Duo Pack

Carrot Continuity Duo Pack contains 2 packs of seed (1 of each variety): Artemis F1 - Good bolting resistance. A high quality Nantes type carrot, which tastes superb and shows good resistance to bolting.Eskimo F1 - Tolerant to frost. Well named, leave this unique, exceptionally frost tolerant carrot in the ground into the winter and lift as required. Easy to grow carrot (can be cropped late and stored, or overwintered if soil is well drained). High Cavity Spot and Alternaria disease tolerance. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Variety trialled, tested and recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.

From Dobies Price: £2.69

Carrot Seeds - Early Nantes 5

A well established popular variety and?suberb tasting.?Ideal for successional sowing in frames or under cloches for early roots. Suitable for salads, cooking or freezing. 84 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £1.99

Carrot Seeds - Early Nantes 5

A well established popular variety and?suberb tasting.?Ideal for successional sowing in frames or under cloches for early roots. Suitable for salads, cooking or freezing. 84 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £4.99

Carrot Seeds - Early Nantes 5

Excellent for successional sowing, or in frames or under cloches for early roots. Row 15m (50'). Standard variety. 84 days from sowing to harvest to help with your selection (this is based on Toby's trials and may vary).

From Dobies Price: £1.49

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Eskimo F1

A strong carrot with excellent cold tolerance (can be cropped late and stored, or over-wintered if soil is well drained). High Cavity Spot and Alternaria tolerance. Recommended for deep freezing. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. This variety trialled, tested and recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. Frost-tolerant Eskimo carrot wins NIAB award.

From Dobies Price: £2.49

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Eskimo F1

A strong carrot with excellent cold tolerance (can be cropped late and stored, or over-wintered if soil is well drained). High Cavity Spot and Alternaria tolerance. Recommended for deep freezing. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.

From Dobies Price: £3.49

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - F1 Bangor

An excellent, heavy yielding Nantes/Berlicum hybrid. Medium early maturing roots, smooth skinned, cylindrical and uniform in colour. Stores well. Resistant to Greentop and cracking. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 75 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas).

From Suttons Price: £2.99

Carrot Seeds - F1 Creampak

Attractive, creamy-skinned, tapering roots which are delicious and sweet raw. No need to peel - just rinse and eat! Also tasty cooked. Later sowings can be lifted and stored. 63 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). Comes out top in blind taste tests ?

From Suttons Price: £2.49

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - F1 Eskimo

The most frost-tolerant variety bred so far. On well-drained soils, you can leave some roots in the ground through the winter and dig as required. In heavy soils you may need to lift them late in the year, but they will store well. Good disease resistance. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 84 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £3.99

Carrot Seeds - F1 Fire Wedge

Carrot Fire Wedge produces large orange roots that are indeed wedge-shaped, and are very succulent so ideal for juicing. Indeed this is the variety that is often used commercially for carrot juice manufacture, so now you can grow them yourself for that home grown taste! ?

From Suttons Price: £2.99

Carrot Seeds - F1 Gold Nugget

A new yellow F1 hybrid Nantes type carrot, producing superb crisp-fleshed roots with excellent colour and delicious flavour. Easy to grow.

From Suttons Price: £2.99

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - F1 Maestro

Not specifically bred for carrot fly resistance but has proved so on our own and independent trials. Also has good resistance to diseases (including Cavity Spot and Alternaria - common diseases of carrots). A fine choice for conventional or organic growing. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 120 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £3.99

Carrot Seeds - F1 Octavo

Carotenes get their name from, you guessed it, carrots! Just like squashes, its these compounds that give this veg their characteristic hue. Evidence shows that these compounds can help to filter out harmful UV rays and protect the delicate cells our eyes from damage. In research by Suttons and Exeter University, Octavo had the highest carotene levels of all the carrots tested, with 120%. ?

From Suttons Price: £3.49

Carrot Seeds - F1 Purple Haze

The first hybrid purple carrot combining great taste and a vigorous growth habit with a colour that will brighten up mealtimes and could be a good way to encourage children to eat vegetables!

From Suttons Price: £1.99

Carrot Seeds - F1 Purple Sun

We?ve had a purple skinned carrot before, now we have one that?s purple throughout! So what? Well, it?s the ?mega? healthy carrot. Purple Sun not only has vitamin A like normal carrots but it is also packed full of anthocyamins giving the roots their purple colour. What are anthocyanins? They are antioxidants, reputed to be so effective in the prevention of many diseases. Oh and by the way, the roots retain their colour with cooking - and they taste good too! 135 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas).

From Suttons Price: £2.49

Carrot Seeds - F1 Resistafly

Carrot Fly attack - a real problem for some gardeners. Fine quality roots and ideal for organic growing. 110 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £2.79

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Flyaway F1

Good resistance to carrot fly makes this an easy-to-grow carrot. And the roots are simply delicious! Award of Garden Merit winner.

From Dobies Price: £2.49

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Flyaway F1

Good resistance to carrot fly makes this an easy-to-grow carrot. And the roots are simply delicious! Award of Garden Merit winner.

From Dobies Price: £3.49

Carrot Seeds - Gold Nugget F1

Ideal for beds and borders, patio pots and containers. Grows well in sun or shade. HEALTH BENEFITS: Carrots are high in vitamin A which is good for rejuvinating your sight - see they really do help you to see in the dark!

From Dobies Price: £2.99

Carrot Seeds - Ideal

A super-fast-maturing Nantes type. Ideal for growing and producing a super crop where space is limited in small borders, tubs or pots. Uniform, rich-orange, delicious-flavoured roots. Superb eaten whole or grated in salads. 42 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). These excellent 'baby' vegetables are bred to be at their sweetest and most nutritious whilst still small in size. They are ideal for gardening in small spaces such as the patio. They are ideal for gardening in small spaces such as the patio. SMALL SPACES made easy! Are you feeling left behind by the ?grow-your-own? revolution because you live in a gardenless apartment or have a postage-stamp-sized patio? Don?t worry: Anyone with a sunny windowsill, patio, or balcony can cultivate home-grown vegetables. In fact, choosing plants that are nutritious, delicious, and attractive is the ultimate way to maximise limited space. We?ve tried and tested these varieties suitable for small spaces and know they?ll succeed, but that?s not to say there aren?t other vegetable seeds that you could try! ?

From Suttons Price: £1.55

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Ideal Red

A super fast-maturing type, ideal for gardening beginners. The rich orange roots are uniform in colour and have a delicious flavour. Row 9m (30').

From Dobies Price: £1.99

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Carrot Seeds - Maestro F1

A reliable and excellent quality Nantes type with excellent pest and disease resistance (including Carrot Root Fly). RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 120 days from sowing to harvest to help with your selection (this is based on Toby's trials and may vary).

From Dobies Price: £2.99

Carrot Seeds - Match F1

This variety has a short, dense core and superb flavour. It performs well on all soil types, and shows excellent keeping qualities, storing in good condition until March/April. 112 days from sowing to harvest to help with your selection (this is based on Toby's trials and may vary).

From Dobies Price: £2.19

Carrot Seeds - Oxheart

An old french variety sometimes known as Guerande and originally grown in the neighbourhood of Nantes. A snub nosed variety, which will grow well in containers or shallow soil. The roots can be 10-13cm (4-5) wide at the shoulder, and will not get much longer. The name gives a perfect description on the shape of this carrot. Sweet and tender, Oxheart is a quick grower with less foliage than youd expect from the size of the root, and its an excellent keeper.

From Dobies Price: £2.50

Carrot Seeds - Purple Sun F1

Unlike other purple carrots, this one boasts a striking strong purple colour from skin to core . . . which means its absolutely packed with vitamins and antioxidants! The tasty roots are highly pointed at the tip with flat to rounded shoulders and will add colour to any dish. 135 days from sowing to harvest to help with your selection (this is based on Toby's trials and may vary).

From Dobies Price: £2.99

Carrot Seeds - Rainbow Mix

These rainbow carrots will be show stoppers at your table! Suttons have put together a fascinating blend of carrot colours to brighten up meal times and get the kids to eat their veg! 90 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £1.75

Carrot Seeds - Rainbow Mixed

An unusual and fascinating carrot mixture, producing delicious roots in an array of shades - even the fussiest of kids may be tempted by the look of it! Row 2m (6'). 90 days from sowing to harvest to help with your selection (this is based on Toby's trials and may vary).Simon says: Rainbow carrots are one of our staple menu items and we are growing these year-round. The vibrant colours and great presentation is key to the restaurant's evolving style. We use all the colours of the carrots and cook in various ways and even serve raw as canapes.

From Dobies Price: £2.49

Carrot Seeds - Rondo

A tasty bite size, uniform, round carrot with good internal and external colouring, which yielded well in our trials. Ideal for shallow soils as well as containers. 48 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). SMALL SPACES made easy! Are you feeling left behind by the "grow-your-own" revolution because you live in a gardenless apartment or have a postage-stamp-sized patio? Don't worry: Anyone with a sunny windowsill, patio, or balcony can cultivate home-grown vegetables. In fact, choosing plants that are nutritious, delicious, and attractive is the ultimate way to maximise limited space; we've tried and tested these varieties suitable for small spaces and know they'll succeed, but that's not to say there aren't other vegetable seeds that you could try! ? ?

From Suttons Price: £1.99

Carrot Seeds - Samurai

A red-skinned Japanese carrot with sweet pink inner flesh which holds its colour well after cooking. Sweeter flavour than orange carrots due to its larger sugary core. And it contains plenty of lycopene - the healthy antioxidant that gives tomatoes their red colour. Harvest July-November. 112 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £2.49

Carrot Seeds - Samurai Seeds

A red-skinned Japanese carrot with sweet pink inner flesh which holds its colour well after cooking. Root length 25-28cm (10-11). Row 6m (20').Unusual coloured type - Brighten up mealtimes and encourage kids to eat their vegetables!

From Dobies Price: £2.49

Carrot Seeds - St. Valery

A well-known, reliable maincrop carrot producing long, tapering roots. Excellent for late summer eating or storing for winter use. A good choice as well for the large carrot class in the village show. 120 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas). ?

From Suttons Price: £1.99

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