Carrot Touchon. A very popular French improved coreless variety producing 6 – 8″ long thick roots right down to the blunt tip. An excellent quality Nantes type carrot with a good sweet flavor, ideal for bunching and winter storage remaining sweet and tender for many months.
Long blunt root of orange colour, good for eating raw and vegetable purposes.
Planting Season: Dry and wet seasons
Duration (days): 75
Cultivation Advice Carrot Touchon
- Dig or till the carrot bed deeply when the soil is on the dry side to avoid making lumps.
- Work the soil to a fine texture 15-25cm (6-10 in.) deep to allow the carrot roots to grow long and shapely.
- Avoid freshly-manured soil, which may produce hairy, rough roots and will cause forks and splits;
- Sow seed thinly in rows, 1cm (1/2 in.) deep, 30-40cm (12-16 in.) between the rows as soon as the soil starts to warm and is workable in spring. Try to get about 4 seeds per 2cm (1 in.).
- Thin to 16-20 carrots per 30 cm (1ft.) for fresh eating and 6-10 carrots per 30 cm (1ft.) for mature crops, depending on the root size you want, and keep weeded and watered. Dispose of thinned seedlings to avoid attracting Carrot Fly.
- As they grow, push soil up over any exposed roots to prevent a green shoulder.
Benefits Of Carrots
Carrot is good for your eyes.
They can lower your risk of cancer.
Lower your chances of heart disease.
Help keep your blood pressure in check
Boost your immune system.
Help ease constipation.
Lower your diabetes risk.
Strengthen your bones.
