Carrot , Maincrop - Autumn King (The Latest)

Daucas carota v. sativus, The Largest & Latest, If you're after a late, Maincrop carrot this is the one, the largest of carrots and last to mature. This is a very healthy and vigorous carrot with the potential to be the highest yielding of good coloured orange, long, tapering, stump-ended roots. Although not suitable for very heavy soil, it likes soil that’s not been recently manured & will stay in the ground throughout winter until needed, these should be sown from 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 a sunny position in soil that has not recently been manured,