Carrot Nantes Seeds

Grow classic Nantes carrots with bright orange colour, sweet flavour and a crisp, smooth cylindrical root.

Grow it successfully: Read the Nantes carrot section.

Quick Grow Facts

• Plant Type: Edible biennial root vegetable, grown as an annual
• Scientific Name: Daucus carota L.
• Named Variety and Root Form: Smooth cylindrical root with a slight shoulder and blunt taper
• 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
• Pretreatment: None specified; sow as supplied without soaking or chilling
• South African Sowing Time: Spring to early winter on the current packet; use the regional window in the guide
• Position: Full sun
• Sowing Method: Direct sow only; do not transplant
• Sow Depth: Cover 3 mm with fine soil; do not surface-sow or bury deeply
• Germination: 7–14 days on the current Gardening packet
• Temperature: Best root growth and quality around 15–20°C; workable cool-crop range about 10–25°C
• Final Spacing: Thin to 5 cm between plants with rows 30 cm apart
• Growth Form: Low feathery leaf rosette above a single storage taproot; no support or pinching
• Harvest: 90–130 days on the current Gardening packet; begin checking from about day 90

Why Grow This Variety

• Sweet, tender flesh and mild flavour suit many recipes.
• Straight, firm roots with blunt ends are easy to slice and dice.
• Smooth cylindrical roots with blunt ends suit beds and sufficiently deep containers.

Garden Uses

Eat them raw or in salads and snacks, or roast them and add them to stews.

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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