Grow Perfect Carrots At Home With This Easy Trick

Once you understand that the hardest part of growing carrot is simply getting them to germinate you’ll find that carrots are one of the easiest things to grow in your garden! It’s all about keeping your seed moist at all times and I have just the trick for you! With loose soil you will be growing large carrots in no time.

[ltcneedstoplan]

I have never grown carrots before so I followed your guideline with the cardboard and this morning I counted 26 carrots sprouting! I’m so happy and shocked. Haha. Thanks!

[sunshine]

We mixed a little sharp sand into the impossible rice field soil, planted seeds, stuck a couple metal post along the sides for a future fence, & 5 hours later there was an electrical storm. 24 hours after planting there were sprouts that I insisted were weeds, but they lined up too perfectly… took another 48 before I could reassure myself that were indeed carrots, tomatoes, & flowers

Had been farming nearly 30 years at that point, & had never seen seeds sprout so quickly. I’m in a tropical climate, so 5 -7 days isn’t unusual. However, I did manage to sprout hollyhocks within 48 hours, by placing a tabletop greenhouse on top of an old gas stove that had a pilot & replaced the range hood light with a grow bulb. Keep spritzing until ready to plant.

[jcking]

As usual, succinct and to the point, Jacques delivers! 🥕🥕🥕

[MelissaWilliams]

This worked !! I have 2 beds growing now and planting the last in this week rain. I always try to plant new seeds in the April/ May rain. This is the third and last succession. Love it

[sunnylyon]

It’s so hott here (Alabama) that I have to water almost every day! Mine are in above ground beds! I will start more seeds at the end of the month for winter growth!

[micasamijardin]

Omg thank you! We’re planting carrots this week 😁 going to try this.

[BSG]

Cardboard?! That is absolutely brilliant!!

[diannevaldez]

I love all your tips, especially the seemingly small or simple ones. Thank you. I just ordered a bunch of seeds from Botanical Interests. Looking forward to receiving those!!

[lorenrenee]

I’ve always sucked a growing carrots but I’m gonna try them

[tictax]

Thank you so much. I tried to grow carrots with my kids this year and we grew little baby nubs instead. The kids still had fun though❤

[JessieNihilist]

Thank you for this tip. I tried it this year (covering them up) and it worked so well!! I had so many more seedlings and an insane amount of carrots! 🥕🥕🥕

[xXJAnglXxx]

I plan on mixing in some coco coir into the carrot and beets area this year since my garden seems to have a lot of clay, i think it should help loosen it and hopefully hold more moisture

[thedealer]

The cardboard tech is so smart here in California definitely helps.

[EmeraldsFire]

Never seen the trick of folding the seed packet before. Nice!
The entire rest of it was helpful too. ❤Thanks😊

[nunontherunnumberone]

My dad used to mix with sand for better seed distribution. ❤✌️😊

[RonaldLagas-rsct]

I like to use a thin layer of hay.
The hay will dry out but the soil stays moist.
Happy gardening

[lennythomas]

Good info! I'm going to try the cardboard trick for all my root veggies.

Tell you what I planted carrots my first time 4 years ago and did AWESOME so figured it was stupid easy. Haven't done worth a crap since then.

[pastelpinkappleantlers]

Omg I was wondering when to remove the cardboard and this video helped so much. Thanks!

[balconybounty]

Those carrots look great. I’ll have to try covering with my seeds with cardboard the next time I plant them.

[vixwolf]

Im so happy you mentioned containers as I have an entirely portable garden and everything is in containers/grow bags. Thank you for sharing this :)