Chantenay Red Cored - 2 carrot seeds - 3000 carrot seeds per packet

Sow Outdoors: April-June thinly ½in (1cm) deep in shallow pre-watered drills, in soil that hasn't been manured in the last 12 months. Keep soil moist at all times.

Thin Out: 2-3in (5-8cm) apart. Avoid crushing the leaves as the scent attracts carrot root fly. Carrot seeds for the Chantenay Red Cored 2 produce first-class, an early maturing maincrop variety that produces stump-rooted, richly coloured, delicious carrots.

This main crop variety has a fine texture and small cores.

Stump-rooted, and richly coloured carrots which store well.

Sow Outdoors: April-June thinly ½in (1cm) deep in shallow pre-watered drills, in soil that hasn''t been manured in the last 12 months. Keep soil moist at all times.

Thin Out: 2-3in (5-8cm) apart. Avoid crushing the leaves as the scent attracts carrot root fly.

Harvest: September-March.

Carrots do best on light, stone free, fertile soils.

Surround the carrot bed with a barrier of fleece at least 60cm high to keep low flying carrot root fly from your crop. Carrot seeds for the Chantenay Red Cored 2 produce first-class, an early maturing maincrop variety that produces stump-rooted, richly coloured, delicious carrots.