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Workers harvesting carrots by hand, Imperial Valley, California, 1948. Carrots are grown from seed and can take up to four months (120 days) to mature, but most cultivars mature within 70 to 80 days under the right conditions. [34] They grow best in full sun but tolerate some shade. [35] The optimum temperature is 16 to 21 °C (61 to 70 °F). [36]
In traditional cultivation, the carrots were sown over winter barley in the winter. After the barley was harvested with a scythe, the carrot plants, which were about 15 cm high at that time, were thinned out with a hoe and then had enough space and light until the harvest in October or November. This cultivation method gave them their earlier ...
Most of Kentucky could see above average temperatures this winter, from December 2024 through February 2025, according to a seasonal temperature outlook map issued Thursday by NOAA.
Season extension in agriculture is any method that allows a crop to be grown beyond its normal outdoor growing season and harvesting time frame, or the extra time thus achieved. To extend the growing season into the colder months, one can use unheated techniques such as floating row covers, low tunnels, caterpillar tunnels, or hoophouses ...
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Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, [3] European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.
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