Carrot – Red Samurai F1
Carrot – Red Samurai F1. Bred in Japan, Carrot ‘F1 Red Samurai’ produces long tapered 28 to 35 cm roots of uniform bright red skin with a crisp texture and sweet pink inner flesh they hold their colour well after cooking. Best sown as second early, maincrop variety for harvesting June to September.
Cultivation Advice Carrot – Red Samurai F1
Type: Hardy Annual
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- Temperature Required: 12°c +
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- Time to Germinate: 14-21 Days
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- Days to Maturity: 70-80 Days
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- Light: Full Sun
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- Dig or till the carrot bed deeply when the soil is on the dry side to avoid making lumps.
- Work the soil to a fine texture 15-25cm (6-10 in.) deep to allow the carrot roots to grow long and shapely.
- Avoid freshly-manured soil, which may produce hairy, rough roots and will cause forks and splits;
- Sow seed thinly in rows, 1cm (1/2 in.) deep, 30-40cm (12-16 in.) between the rows as soon as the danger of hard frost has passed. Try to get about 4 seeds per 2cm (1 in.).
- Thin to 16-20 carrots per 30 cm (1ft.) for fresh eating whilst small and 6-10 carrots per 30 cm (1ft.) for mid season crops, depending on the root size you want, and keep weeded and watered.
- Dispose of thinned seedlings to avoid attracting Carrot Fly.
- As they grow, push soil up over any exposed roots to prevent a green shoulder
