Since carrots grow below ground, they seem more complicated to ... Scatter the seeds and hide them under a thin amount of soil. The carrots should be given about an inch or two of space to grow ...

"The larvae can burrow under the soil and eat or damage the root vegetable itself." She recommends covering your carrots with ...

Sow in May for crops that will stay in the ground into winter. Earlier crops can be sown from April, and you can sow until August if autumn is mild. Sow a few carrots every few weeks for a succession ...

Carrot is emerging as a popular vegetable due to its short maturing nature, its nutritive content and its attractive market prices. Growing this ... mature and harvested under moist conditions ...

You can grow them in-ground in vegetable plots, in raised beds, or roomy pots or grow bags. These simple tips will help you grow your own carrots from seed and enjoy your best harvest yet.

Carrots and parsnips grow best in light, sandy soil so if your soil is heavy clay, stony, chalky or doesn't drain particularly well, concentrate on the maincrop, short-root types which cope better ...