Harvest carrots

Posted by TopVeg - July 21st, 2008

Harvest carrots as soon as they are large enough to use. Pull a few up to see how big they are. If the carrots are left in the ground to mature, the leaves will start to die off, but mature carrots will not taste as good as younger ones.

bunch-of-carrots

To harvest carrots:

  • use a fork to loosen the soil at the side of the carrot - making sure it does not touch the carrot
  • hold on to the carrot foliage and pull

Do not wash carrots before putting them into store.
It is possible to harvest fresh carrots nearly all year round by regularly sowing suitable varieties.

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