I'm clueless on this one. Has anyone here grown "winter carrots", or are they an exclusively European thing?
http://www.bakker.co.uk/r_16765-011/Bulb-Root-Vegetables/Winter-Carrot-Autumn-King.htm
Winter Carrots?
I've nver in my life seen a carrot that big! I do have carrots year round, I would like to know how those large ones taste.
I've looked, but I can't find a source in the U.S. I started looking for sources when a friend snuck in a packet of one called 'Berlikumer' from a trip to Holland. I'm guessing that they're a little more cold-hardy. http://www.seedsfromholland.com/show_products.php?id=502940
i'd imagine there would be something better in the cold.. I have carrots in the ground all year, but really just let a few sow themselves and add a random packet now and then. Hopefully someone will show up with experience in different varieties. It would be nice to improve the yield and find a good soup carrot for the winter soups and stews.
Goodness! I've never seen one that big either! I doubt I could grow those in my clay soil - I sow the "short-n-sweet" ones.
You found 'Autmn King' at Territotial? Thanks!
Territorial has a fairly wide selection of overwintering crops.
Was looking at that. Neat stuff.
I just use the regular carrot seed I grow in the spring to sow more for fall & winter. I have Scarlet Nantes and Danvers. They taste so much sweeter after a frost! I use straw to mulch them about 6 - 8 inches deep after frost and just dig them when I need some. I have had some problems with wireworms getting into them. I have sandy soil, so it's easy to dig them in the cold.