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Carrots
Carrot "Amsterdam Forcing"
A high quality variety producing small cylindrical roots with a rich deep orange red colour and almost no core. Very quick to mature, ideal for early forcing in frames, cloches etc. to produce delicious finger carrots. To produce quick crop out of doors from summer to autumn sow at 14 day intervals through the spring and early summer.
Sow from late winter to mid summer in drills 1/2in deep, spaced 12in apart. As soon at the seedlings are large enough to handle, start thinning them out os they are finnaly 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.
"Carrot Nigel F1 Hybrid"
A maincrop Nantes variety, producing heavy crops of smooth skinned, good flavoured, bright orange roots. The roots of this carrot resist cracking, and store well for winter usage. Also suitable for successional sowing if finger roots are required.
Sowing instructions - sow thinly, 1.2in deep in drills 12in apart. Thin seedlings when large enough to handle, allowing 1in between roots.
In the vegetable garden:
Sown both "Amsterdam Forcing" and "Nigel F1 Hybrid" as tests in large pots (John Innes No. 3) in early July.
A high quality variety producing small cylindrical roots with a rich deep orange red colour and almost no core. Very quick to mature, ideal for early forcing in frames, cloches etc. to produce delicious finger carrots. To produce quick crop out of doors from summer to autumn sow at 14 day intervals through the spring and early summer.
Sow from late winter to mid summer in drills 1/2in deep, spaced 12in apart. As soon at the seedlings are large enough to handle, start thinning them out os they are finnaly 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.
"Carrot Nigel F1 Hybrid"
A maincrop Nantes variety, producing heavy crops of smooth skinned, good flavoured, bright orange roots. The roots of this carrot resist cracking, and store well for winter usage. Also suitable for successional sowing if finger roots are required.
- Good flavoured, vivid orange roots
- Quick growing and suitbale for all season cropping
- Sow March to June
- Prefers well drained, moist, rich conditions
- Harvest July to December
Sowing instructions - sow thinly, 1.2in deep in drills 12in apart. Thin seedlings when large enough to handle, allowing 1in between roots.
In the vegetable garden:
Sown both "Amsterdam Forcing" and "Nigel F1 Hybrid" as tests in large pots (John Innes No. 3) in early July.
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