Carrot

Daucus hybrid

Carrot belongs to the umbelliferae family and has white flowers in an umbel, and foreign pollination (insects). Carrot is annual, and is cultivated in pure beds. Carrots grows best on well-drained sand-mulch or good clay-mulch. Carrots has a poor competitiveness against weeds in the spring and autumn; it means that clean fields for seedlings must be used.

Seed amount: 6 kg/ha

Date of sowing: April-May.

Harvest: July