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Grow deep-orange, long tapered Chantenay Karoo carrots with sweet flavour, crisp texture and strong tops.
Grow it successfully: Read the Chantenay Karoo carrot section.
Quick Grow Facts
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Plant Type: Edible biennial root vegetable, grown as an annual
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Scientific Name: Daucus carota L.
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Named Variety and Root Form: Deep-orange, long tapered root with strong tops
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Seed Form: Raw seed on the current variants and packet; raw does not prove untreated, so do not eat seed and follow the packet in hand
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Pretreatment: None specified; sow as supplied without soaking or chilling
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South African Sowing Time: Spring to early winter on the current packet; use the regional window in the guide
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Position: Full sun
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Sowing Method: Direct sow only; do not transplant
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Sow Depth: Cover 3 mm with fine soil; do not surface-sow or bury deeply
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Germination: 7–14 days on the current Gardening packet
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Temperature: Best root growth and quality around 15–20°C; workable cool-crop range about 10–25°C
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Final Spacing: Thin to 5 cm between plants with rows 30 cm apart
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Growth Form: Low feathery leaf rosette above a single storage taproot; no support or pinching
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Harvest: 90–130 days on the current Gardening packet; begin checking from about day 90
Why Grow This Variety
- Sweet, crisp roots give a satisfying crunch.
- Deep-orange tapered roots develop best in a loose, stone-free bed.
- Long tapered roots and bright colour make it ideal for bunching.
Garden Uses
Serve the carrots as snacks, add them to salads, or use them for cooking and juicing.
Growing Notes
- Loosen the final bed to about 30 cm, remove stones and clods, and rake a level, fine surface.
- Direct sow 3 mm deep. Keep the shallow seed zone continuously moist through the full packet germination window.
- When seedlings are about 2–3 cm tall, snip extras rather than tugging neighbouring taproots; finish at 5 cm spacing.
- Water evenly for uninterrupted root growth, weed shallowly, and avoid fresh manure, unfinished compost and excess nitrogen.
- 90–130 days on the current Gardening packet; begin checking from about day 90.
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