How to Grow Carrots in a Container or Planter | Gardening Products Review

You can grow fantastic carrots even if you don’t have a vegetable garden. I go over which carrots do best in containers (see list below), how and when to sow carrot seeds, growing tips, thinning, and harvesting.

See the written tutorial and links on the Gardening Products Review website at https://wp.me/p2Xa6P-29e

FEATURED IN THE VIDEO
2×8′ Elevated Planter from Gardener’s Supply Company

CARROTS I GROW IN PLANTERS

Danvers 126 Half Long from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Bolero Nantes from Renee’s Garden Seeds (https://fave.co/2WoNNGI)

Short Stuff (Chartenay Carrot) from Renee’s Garden Seeds

Romeo (Round Baby Carrot) from Renee’s Garden Seeds

OTHER GOOD OPTIONS FOR CARROTS GROWN IN CONTAINERS

Hercules (about 6 1/2-7″ long) from Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Babette (French baby carrot) from Renee’s Garden Seeds

Oxheart (large, heart-shaped carrot) from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Chantenay Red Cored carrot from Botanical Interests

A popular small, round carrot is available from different sellers: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds calls it Parisienne, Sustainable Seed Company spells it Parisian, and others refer to it as Paris Market.

Carrot Tonda di Parigi (Italian for “Round of Paris”) – a round carrot from Botanical Interests

Carrot Scarlet Nantes – another red carrot from Botanical Interests

Carrot Baby Little Finger (only 3″!) from Botanical Interests

Carrot Cosmic Purple from Botanical Interests

Note that Gardener’s Supply Company provided the elevated planter featured in this video for free so that we could write an honest, objective review (see https://gardeningproductsreview.com/elevated-cedar-planter-box-gardeners-supply-review/). We were not encouraged or compensated in any way for featuring it in this video.