Danvers Carrot
Historic Variety
- Good for clay, heavy soils
- Stores well
- Roots grow to 8 inches
- Nearly coreless, sweet, and tender
Item Details
This carrot was developed in the late 1800s in the town for which is it named: Danvers, Massachusetts. A leading variety for home and market gardeners alike, this variety stores well and produces high yields even in clay and heavy soils. Its bright-orange flesh is nearly coreless, sweet, and tender. The uniform roots grow up to 8" long. 65-87 days. ±24,000 seeds/oz
Learn to Grow Danvers Carrot
Direct Seed: 1/2" Apart
Seed Depth: 1/4"
Rows Apart: 16-24"
Thin: 2-4" Apart
You can sow carrot seeds as soon as the soil in your garden can be worked in the spring (about 3-4 weeks before the last frost). Seeds need consistent moisture until they emerge. Germination on carrot seed is slow and uneven. The light seed can be blown away by the wind or washed away when you water the beds. Sow the seeds less than an inch apart and thin them to 2-4 inches after they grow to a few inches. Roots will mature in 65-87 days.
There are about 21k seeds in an ounce of Danvers carrot.
Ratings & Reviews
4 reviews
Did not germinate.
by Dan
Planted in a 5 gal bucket with excellent soil mix. I made sure that they were covered with 1/4-1/2 soil. Pressed firmly. Waited 3 weeks. Not a seed germinated. Trying again.
Going to Grow Again
by Abby
Germinated well in a bucket (covered with loose cotton cloth to aid moisture retention) and in raised beds. Even the ones I pulled early while thinning were sweet.
Wow!
by Meghan Crockett
I have grown these to years in a row. They produce well in my dense soil. Big, thick carrots that store well
Growing nicely with great germination!
by Ken Penguin
I found a method of getting carrots going that has worked very well for me with Danvers, Red-cored chants, and new kurodas.
Basically you sprout each kind of seed in a jar of water for a few days till they start pushing out the front, then you mix up a gel of cornstarch and water, let it cool, then dump the seeds into the gel in a bag.
The gel helps to stratify the seeds and spread them out, and it coats them in the thick layer which helps to keep them moist. Cut off a corner of the bag, then squeeze the gel out like you're frosting a cake, and fill wherever you want them. Cover with a little soil and water 3x a day.
I've never grown carrots before, and everything I tried germinated amazingly here in the dry high desert 9b. So if you're having trouble with carrots, give it a shot.