Heirloom, Non-GMO. 75 days.Tendersweet carrot seeds produce tapered, seven inch roots. This garden crop thrives with full sun in zones three to nine, and does best in sandy, well-drained soil. The Tendersweet carrot is sweet and tender. The roots can be harvested in around seventy five days. This carrot variety may take 70 days until harvest. Tendersweet is a coreless type of carrot that is good for canning, juicing or eating raw. Similar to Imperator, but freezes better. Approx. 19,000 seeds / oz.
Growing Tendersweet Carrot Garden Vegetable Seeds
- Latin Name: daucus carota subsp. Sativus
- Other Names:
- Days to Maturity: 75 days
- Hardiness Zone: 3-9
- Seed Planting Depth: ½"
- Plant Spacing: 1-2"
- Row Spacing: 18-24"
- Growth Habit: Upright
- Soil Preference: Light, well drained, sandy soil; pH 5.5 to 6.8
- Temp Preference: Warmer
- Light Preference: Full Sun
- Diseases/pests: Susceptible to weevils and carrot rust fly
- Color: Uniform, bright orange
- Flavor: Sweet and tender
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Seeds Per Package:
- 5 g - Approximately 3,000 Seeds
- 1 oz - Approximately 18,000 Seeds
- 4 oz - Approximately 72,000 Seeds
- 1 lb - Approximately 288,000 Seeds
- 5 lb - Approximately 1,440,000 Seeds
Start by sowing the carrot seeds directly outdoors; transplanting from indoors can cause weak and crooked roots. Plant the seeds half an inch deep in sandy soil, as soon as it can be worked. The soil should have a pH level of approximately five to seven. You will want to leave two to three inches between the plants and twelve to fourteen inches between rows. While growing, the crops will need one inch of water each week. After about seventy five days, the Tendersweet carrots will be ready to be harvested. If you would like to make picking the roots easier, you can soak their bed with water when it’s time to harvest.
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Our friend Dale sent us this information about Tendersweet Carrots:
Dear True Leaf Market;
I would like to tell your gardening friends about, Tender Sweet Carrots, This carrot has some outstanding qualities that are important, as the name implies this carrot is tender and sweet, I’m going to call it a, wonderful fresh market and home variety. This carrot holds well in storage as a keeper.
Tender Sweet’s have been a staple in our family gardens here in the Northwest for over 80 years, we plant in wide row that are about 16 inches wide, harvest begins at pencil stage to thin them, these are most often pan sautéed with or without the tops and the root snipped in al little bit of butter and brown sugar, remove while they are still a little crispy and serve. We like to have some leftover for salad toppings the next day. Yummy!
This is a long thin variety that is almost a foot long and coreless, if planted in the spring they will be mature when their exposed tops are about the size of a quarter dollar, they freeze well but lose a little flavor. Eat them fresh and you won’t find a better carrot for all year use.
Dale W. Key