Carrot – Chantenay Red Cored 2

£2.49

Chantenay Red Cored 2 is renowned for having a sweet flavour

Carrot – Chantenay Red Cored 2 Information

Your plants will arrive as multi-sown plugs, ready to be planted out
Number of vegetable plant plugs in the box: 10
Latin name for Carrot – Chantenay Red Cored 2: Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Chantenay is a well known and loved variety with early references to the carrot being found back in the mid 1800’s. Chantenay Red Cored 2 is renowned for having a sweet flavour, crisp texture and vibrant orange flesh, and are well suited to eating raw or cooked. Particularly popular with children because of their size, they are a firm favourite in the garden! Great for container growing due to their shorter length, and suitable for successional planting throughout the season.

Carrot planting schedule

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Planning your site

Carrots like a fairly loose and obstruction free, sandy soil which is light enough for them to push their long roots into. You may need to dig some horticultural sand into your soil, along with some organic matter if you have heavier clay soil. If you are growing in a container, it’s best to grow the shorter rooted varieties. If a carrot root hits a stone, it may split into multiple roots so it’s best to try to remove stones and lumps from the soil where possible.

Growing tips

Carrots are very drought-tolerant and don’t need much water though they will benefit from a good occasional soak especially in prolonged dry weather. Fast growing weeds can crowd out carrots though you need to be careful when weeding or thinning that you don’t crush the foliage as the smell attracts carrot fly. It’s wise to protect from carrot fly using a barrier of fleece or micromesh up to a height of 60cm as this is the highest that these little insects can fly!

What to watch out for

Carrot fly, aphids and forking (unless you really want funny shaped carrots!)

What to do when your plants arrive

Unpack them. Your seedlings will arrive carefully packed in bio-degradable straw, cardboard and paper. They may look a little bit bedraggled from their journey. Don’t panic – this is totally normal and they should soon perk up. Please try and unpack your plants as soon as they arrive, as every extra hour they spend in the box will add to the stress of travelling to their new home.
Give them a drink. Having spent a day or two in the post, your new plants will be thirsty! Stand them up in some fresh water for a few minutes to make sure their roots have been thoroughly soaked before planting.
Plant them out into their forever home! Your plants can’t wait to get their roots into the soil. Plant them out according to the instructions that will have come in the box with them. Make sure you water them in well, and give them plenty to drink until their roots have had a chance to get settled.

Substitutions

As you well know, plants are unpredictable creatures and so is the British weather. As such, we reserve the right to substitute items in your order for an equivalent variety. To find out more about substitutions, please take a look at our terms and conditions.

Delivery

We charge a flat shipping fee of £6.99 per shipping season. If you order everything from one season ie Spring you will be charged once, if you order Spring and Summer you will be charged twice etc. We do not ship outside of the UK.

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