TouchOn Carrot Seeds | Hybrid | 100g

Description

TouchOn Carrot Seeds are a very popular French improved coreless variety producing 6 – 8″ long thick roots right down to the blunt tip. An excellent quality Nantes type carrot with a good sweet flavour, ideal for bunching and winter storage remaining sweet and tender for many months. Touchon carrot seeds are very easy to grow and mature very early, within 75 days from direct sowing.

How to grow Touchon Carrot Seeds

Planting

Sow as soon as the ground can be worked. Even moisture and soil temperature (18-24 degrees C) are essential for good germination. Sow seed 1⁄4-1⁄2 inches deep. Seed takes 14-21 days to germinate. Planting a few radish seeds helps to loosen the soil and mark the rows for these slow emerging seeds. Thin plants to at least 1 inch apart in rows spaced 18-24 inches apart.
Growing
TouchOn Carrot Seeds are best grown in full sun but will tolerate light shading. Choose deeply-worked, stone-free soil with a pH of 6.5. Chantenay types are suitable for shallow or heavy soils. Raised beds or rows are recommended. TouchOn Carrots seeds are light to moderate feeders. Avoid using fresh animal and green manures at the time of planting. Moisture is required for good root formation.
Pests & Diseases
Root maggots and Rust Flies can be deterred by using row covers. Leaf spot and blight diseases (Cercospora and Altenaria) can be controlled using a sulfur or copper fungicide. Aster Yellow is a disease spread by leafhoppers. Control these insects by spraying them in the evening with insecticidal soap or a pyrethrum product.
Sowing Rate
Approx. 23,000/25g will seed a 100-150 foot row, 1kg of seed/ acre.

Carrot is a very healthy and versatile vegetable. Carrot contains a.o.: vitamin A, B1, B2, B6, B11 and C. Carrot also contains the minerals: calcium, phosphor, iron, potassium, copper, magnesium, sodium and zinc. Carrots also contain a lot of fibres and little calories. You can cook, steam, stew, stir-fry, bake, grill and roast carrots.