Carrot , Autumn King - Maincrop (Largest & Latest to Harvest)

Daucas carota v. sativus, The Largest & Latest, (Award of Garden Merit) If you're after a popular late – maturing carrot variety, this is the one, known for its large size as one of the largest of carrots and last to mature and good storage capabilities and It's a favourite among gardeners for its high yields, sweet taste, and ability to tolerate light frosts. This is a very healthy and vigorous carrot with the potential to be one of the highest yielding of good flavoured, orange coloured, long, tapering, stump-ended carrots. Although not suitable for very heavy soil, it works well in a soil that’s not been recently manured & it can stay in the ground throughout winter until needed. these should be sown May to late Aug and are ready for harvesting from Sept onwards, Seed Count Approx - 400 avg 

  SOWING - Sow thinly May – late Aug direct into rows of finely raked, warm, weed-free soil at a depth of 13mm  in rows about 30cm apart. Carefully thin seedlings as they grow by pulling and eating. Grows best in sunny position in soil which has not recently been manured,