How to grow carrot plants from seed

Generally there are two ways to grow your carrot plants.  Note that carrot seeds are very small and planting them needs some focus so you do not plant too many seeds.  1.  The first method is direct seeding into your garden bed.   Make sure your soil is well tilled.   Make a furrow with a stake.  Shake the seed along the furrow and spread the soil back over the top of the furrow.  Seeds only need to be around 5mm below the surface to germinate well.  Keep the soil moist.  You may like to place a stake with a label say carrots as it can be difficult to see the developing plants till they grow larger.  Once your carrots have started to develop you can thin them out,  this means removing a number of the plants to stop over crowding.  Keep the soil moist.  It usually takes two or three weeks tor carrots to shoot from seed.  2.  The second way to grow your carrot seedlings is in punnets.  This is an effective way to use your seed to stop wastage.   Fill some punnets with some good seed raising mixture or potting mix.  Sprinkle a few seed over the surface and then place a little more potting mix over the seed.  Place the punnets in a warm spot and keep moist.  Once your plants have reached around 5cm tall, you can then plant out.   

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