Rainbow Carrot Vegetable Seeds Packet
Rainbow Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a colorful blend of heirloom varieties, with roots in purple, yellow, white, and orange, plus red. Sweet and crunchy, they are as fun to grow as they are to eat. Seeds are non-GMO and vacuum-sealed for freshness.
- Plant type: Biennial, grown as an annual
- Foliage height: 8-24 in
- Sun: Full sun (6-8 hours a day); partial shade in hotter climates
- Days to germination: 14-21
- Days to harvest: 70-80 (baby carrots in 50-60)
- Sowing depth: 1/4 in
- Spacing: Thin to 2-3 in, 12-18 in between rows
- Soil: Loose, well-drained sandy or loamy soil, pH 6.0-6.8
- Best temperature: 55-75F
- Packet: About 100 seeds
How to Grow Rainbow Carrots from Seed
Sowing and Germination
Direct sow only, 3-5 weeks before the last frost, as carrots resent transplanting. Loosen the soil to at least 12 in and remove rocks and clumps to prevent forking. A fast-germinating radish sown in the same row can mark it.
Care and Harvest
Keep moisture even, about 1 in a week, and mulch. Use a low-nitrogen fertilizer. Pull when the colored shoulders are about 3/4 in across at the soil line, testing one root first. Hot weather can make roots bitter, and a light frost can sweeten them.
Dimensions: 5.6" x 3.6" x .1"
Weight: 1.6 hrs
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Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.
Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.
