$1.89  Tonda di Parigi Carrot - Heirloom

 

This 19th century Parisian favorite is sweet and petite! A fun snack size, it has shallow roots and grows well in heavy soils, in a bed that isn’t tilled very deep, and containers. Plant the seeds close together, so you can pull them out in bunches and harvest at the mature 1.5” size. Although the name, Tonda di Parigi is Italian. It actually means, ‘round from Paris’. Although carrots “prefer cool soils to begin life and warm soils to finish it”, you can grow both a spring and fall crop. Carrots will germinate in soils as cool as 45 degrees, and in the fall they can still be dug from the garden and eaten until the ground freezes. When to plant outside: RECOMMENDED. First sowing should be 2-4 weeks before average last frost. Successive plantings can be sown every 3 weeks until 65 days before the first fall frost. In warm climates with lows above 25 degrees, they can be grown all winter. When to start inside: Not recommended. Special Sowing & Germination Instructions: Soak seeds for 12 hours before sowing. (Press them dry between paper towels afterwards to reduce clumping.) Plant 4 seeds per inch. When inch tall, thin to 1 plant per every 3 inches. A favorite gardening tip is to alternate carrot seeds and radish seeds. The radishes will mature first. As they are pulled, the carrots then have more growing room and water going towards their roots from the spaces in between.