Growing in Marble Bar

Best time to plant carrot in Marble Bar

Daucus carota

Sow carrot in Marble Bar in All year.

Usually orange, with heirloom types in shades from white and yellow to purple and black, the carrot is a biennial root vegetable in the family Apiaceae. People now grow this domesticated form of wild carrot for its root, although the earliest crops, probably in Iran, were raised for leaves and seed.

When to sow in Marble Bar

Marble Bar, WA is in the arid zone. Its months for carrot apply here without a frost adjustment.

Matches local guides.

Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.

Frost in Marble Bar

Marble Bar frosts in fewer than 1 year in 10, so frost doesn't hold back any planting here.

From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.

On a shared plot: suits a plot

Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.

Growing details

How to start
Sow directly in the bed
Sowing depth
12mm
Plant spacing
5cm
Row spacing
20cm
Height
25cm
Germination
About 21 days
Time to harvest
75 days from sowing
Frost
Semi-hardy, protect from hard frost
Sun
Full sun
Life cycle
biennial, usually grown as an annual

These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.

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