AN AMAZING VARIETY! COSMIC PURPLE CARROTS! VERY SWEET AND WITH A SLIGHTLY SPICY TOUCH! KIDS LOVE THEM TOO! DEEP PURPLE ON THE OUTSIDE AND RICH ORANGE ON THE INSIDE – FULL OF ANTI-OXIDANTS!

Description
This purple carrot has the most refined flavour available! Exceptionally sweet, almost spicy! Deep purple/violet red skin with rich orange interior. This variety will grow well in most soils except clay and exceptionally rocky soils. Clear rocks/pebbles/stones before planting.

It is thought that early carrots were domesticated for their seeds and leaves, which are quite aromatic. There are accounts of the “modern” carrot in Afghanistan around the 10th century and by the 14th century it was being cultivated in China as well as India and Europe. The carrot was growing in the United States by the time of the American Revolution.

Put it on the Dinner Table!

This variety works for
• Fresh eating
• Steaming
• Boiling
• Soup
• Storage

The purple-red colour of this carrot will fade slightly when cooked.

Carrots are one of the most popular vegetables for fresh eating and have also become a staple of juicing. Grated carrots can be tossed into a salad or with zucchini and fried.

Try pairing your roasted carrots with ginger, mushrooms, and red wine vinegar or creating a carrot-curry soup to warm up on cold winter days.

Diced carrots are part of the “culinary trinity” of stock/broth, known as mirepoix, which also includes celery and onions. Mix 2 parts onions to 1 part each of carrot and celery to form the flavour base for many stocks, soups, stews, and sauces.

Grow Notes
Carrots need a good quality, well worked-over, friable (lightly textured) soil to produce a long, straight taproot. Carrots grown in clay and compacted soils will be stumpy and have multiple forks. Avoid feeding your Carrot plants too much fertiliser as this can also encourage forking.

Try to remove any small rocks from the soil too as they’ll cause forking if the carrot root grows into them. Carrots can be grown in full sun or in a location that receives light shade for part of the day.

Sow
Sow direct in Spring, Summer or Autumn. Carrot seeds are quite small so mix with sand or fine potting mix prior to sowing or use a seed dispenser, seed tape or tool such as a damp toothpick if needing aid in sowing them.

Plant seeds 5mm deep. You can either sow several seed into each planting hole spaced 4cm apart or alternatively you can sow more densely along a trench, with rows 25cm apart.

After 4 weeks thin to healthy seedlings leaving about a 4cm gap between seedlings. Sow a few seed every week to ensure a continuing supply of delicious carrots.

Keep soil moist but never wet.

Protect young seedlings from pests, pets and weather until they are established.

Germination
14-21 days at 10-30°C

Maturity
55- 60 days.