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How to Grow Carrot: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

A root crop direct-sown shallowly and kept moist until it germinates, then thinned twice so the roots swell straight and smooth.

Carrot

Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Sow / plantGrowingHarvest

Guides

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (43)

Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.

Swallowtail Caterpillar

MajorPest

Leaves are eaten away from the base leaving only bare stalks. A single large caterpillar can strip an entire plant bare.

Fusarium YellowsFusarium WiltPowdery MildewLate BlightBrown Leaf SpotSclerotinia RotCrown GallSouthern BlightAnthracnoseDamping-offBacterial Soft RotRoot-lesion NematodeRoot RotRoot-knot NematodeBacterial SpotLeaf SpotBacterial GallPythium Cavity SpotTumor DiseaseScabArmillaria Root RotStreptomyces ScabMosaic DiseaseDry RotMild MosaicMottle DwarfPlant-parasitic NematodesRing SpotWhite MoldViolet Root RotLeaf RotCorky Root RotSpeckled Snow MoldSnow MoldYellowsYellow LeafBlack ScurfBlack StainAlternaria Sooty SpotAlternaria Black SpotBlack Root RotAlternaria Leaf Blight

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