Carrots are the versatile vegetable packed with flavor and vitamins. However, should you want only the very tastiest serving of bright orange goodness on your plate, it is worth growing your own.

A biennial is a plant that grows for two years before producing new fruit or seeds. Carrots are biennials, but that label refers to their seeds rather than their roots. The carrot root is typically ...

Can you regrow carrots from the tops you cut off? Yes and no. The big edible root part won’t regrow from the tops, but their leaves will. The greens make tasty additions to salads, pesto, and more.

Carrots mature in 55 to 80 days, depending on the variety and other growth factors. Carrots are typically ready to harvest when they're about 1 inch thick. Inconsistent or inadequate watering, ...

If you’re short on outdoor space or only have a balcony or patio area to play with, you may not have considered growing your own vegetables. However, growing carrots in a pot or container is a lot ...

Carrot is emerging as a popular vegetable due to its short maturing nature, its nutritive content and its attractive market prices. Growing this crop is easy all that it requires are optimal growing ...

Don’t Pick Yet—Here’s When Carrots Are at Their Best originally appeared on Dengarden. If you’ve planted orange, purple or golden carrots, few moments are more exciting than watching healthy carrot ...

This is the time of year I sow my first crop of carrot seeds, about mid-March. When the soil dries out a bit between storms and the seeds are purchased, sowing begins. I like to time a sowing just a ...

Q: I grow carrots every year. This year, carrots in one of the bags I stored in the fridge got moldy. They got kind of a white "cotton candy" at the tops and developed disgusting soft spots that ...