Growing carrots from seed can give you a harvest of sweet roots way better than store-bought with these growing tips.

Growing carrots from seed is something even beginning gardeners can do successfully. And homegrown carrots come in an assortment of fantastic colors—orange, purple, red, yellow, and white—and are much ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Carrots are tasty, cold-hardy vegetables to plant in your garden in spring, when the cool weather gives them their best flavor. Aside from a ...

Susan R. of Santa Rosa asks: I love carrots and have tried several times to grow my own, but with no success. Can you provide some growing tips and any secrets to growing sweet, delicious carrots?

The botanical name of the carrot is Daucus carota subsp. sativus and it belongs to a family Apiaceae. Loamy and sandy are the soil types that are suitable for carrot germination. Carrots will take two ...

Not a good thing. Pre-sprouting works well with plants that do not transplant well, such as lupines or carrots. It also might be worth doing with plants, such as peas and beans, that are not worth ...

Experienced gardeners often grow two crops of carrots, an early crop and the main crop. The early crop is grown for immediate use, while the main crop is harvested for more long term keeping and use ...

White ‘Kuttiger’ and yellow ‘Yellowstone’ carrots look stunning when combined with orange, red or purple carrots, but nutritionally they rank far below their more colorful counterparts. Carrots are ...

It’s February. The garden beds may still be frozen, but if you want peppers in July and lavender in bloom by summer, now is ...

Planting a seed is an act of faith. After all, what could seem more far-fetched than dropping a shriveled, apparently lifeless speck of something into a hole in the ground, then expecting to return ...