Carrots, what kind should I plant?  

The type of carrot you should grow depends on your soil and growing season. Most carrots like sandy, loose soil, but there are kinds that grow in heavy clay. Here's a page that explains the difference: http://www.carrotgardenin...

Maybe that will help make up your mind which one you need to grow.

I would love to answer all your questions...and might be able to, but first I have to ask a few questions;
a) What is your soil type? Sandy? Loam? Rocky?
b) what is your growing season?
c) Sweet or standard?
d) Early or late harvest

Carrots usually range from 72 to 125 days to harvest. Most grow best in somewhat sandy loam, because as they are growing they need to be able to move the soil. It helps to cultivate them! They range from "Healthmaster F1 Hybrid"-which is a deep reddish orange, which has 30-35% more beta-carotene (because of color) to "Yellowstone F1 Hybrids" which are canary-yellow colored and have the sweetest flavor when eaten raw.......And then there's the old standby "Nantes" which our grandmothers grew...and hundreds in between! Haven't helped you much but if you like, you can sign me up as a friend and then you can PM me, and would love to help! ( owned a Nursery for 13 years)
Happy Gardening! Cheers!

I like both the long and the short kinds. Our soil is very hard and we have lots of clay. Normally, the carrots would grow crooked and knarly. So I mix my carrot seeds with my radish seeds. The roots of the radishes keep the soil broke open enough for the carrots to grow straight. When the radishes are ready to be picked, they also help to space the carrots out from each other. This process is called Companion Planting.

Hello Nykkee ! Here is useful information about carrot you want to plant. Read it carefully and choose yourself best carrot you want to plant at a place :-

If you’re new to gardening with carrots you’ll be amazed at the number of varieties out there. Carrots come in a number of different shapes, sizes, and colors. No matter what season of the year, your experience level, or the size of your garden, you’ll find a carrot variety that’s appropriate to grow in your home garden.

Carrots are usually divided into groups based on how deep they grow. Thin, deep growing carrots (up to 10 inches) are know as Imperator carrots. Danvers grow up to 7 inches long and are also thin. The tops are thicker and the flavor of the Danvers tends to be strong. Nantes are sweet, round carrots that grow to around 6 inches long. Chantenay carrots grow around 5 to 6 inches. They are a wider variety of carrot. Amsterdam carrots are small and thin, growing no more than 3 inches long on average. Paris Market carrots are very short carrots, and grow to about 1 ½ inches in diameter.

Here, we’ve listed some of our favorite carrots for the home garden. Make sure to talk to your local extension agent for recommendations on which carrots are best adapted to your area. Also, ask your favorite nursery for pest and disease resistant varieties which will help reduce the need for pesticides and fungicides.


Favorite Carrot Varieties for the Home Garden

Carrots for heavy soils:
Look for varieties that grow shorter and don’t need to penetrate deeply into the soil.

• Amsterdam Forcing 2, Amice
• Autumn King 2
• Chantenay Red Cored 2
• Pioneer
• Nantes Half-long
• Little Finger
• Danvers Half-long
• Spartan Bonus
• Five-Star Baby
• Parmex
• Mini Round
• Thumbelina

Carrots for container gardens:
While you can use containers of various depths to grow carrots, smaller varieties are usually best. Try out some of the following carrots in your container garden.

• Amsterdam Forcing 2, Amice
• Amsterdam Forcing 3 , Sprint
• Chantenay Red Cored 2
• Danvers Half-long
• Spartan Bonus
• Nantes Half-long
• Little Finger
• Mini Round
• Pioneer

Carrots for the Fall and Winter:

• Artemis
• Autumn King 2
• Barwon
• Carotene 200

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• Scarlet Nantes
• Royal Chantenay
• Merida, Overwintering
• Nantaise
• Nelson

Disease and Pest Resistant Carrots:

• Flyaway. Resistant to the carrot fly.
• Barwon. Resistant to alternaria and leaf blights.
• Bolero. Resistant to alternaria blight, powdery mildew, and cavity spot.
• Magno. Resists cracking and cavity spot.
• Topweight. Resists most carrot pests and diseases.

Carrots with Exceptionally Sweet Flavor:

• Adonis
• Artist
• Soprano
• Royal Chantenay
• Kingston

Unusual Carrots:

• Parmex. Small, almost completely round.
• Belgian White. White skin and flesh.
• Early Horn. An old variety with a reddish skin.
• French Round. Almost complete round.
• King West. Red roots.
• Pakistani. Can be purple to red in color. Very rare.
• Sinclair's. A yellow variety.
• Cosmic Purple. Deep red to purple skin with red/orange flesh.
• Thumberline. Round carrot.
• Dragon. Purple skin with orange flesh. Highly nutritious.
• Rainbow. Grows as a variety of pastel colors.

The Carrot Museum has an interesting site with a list of different carrot varieties.