Caracas (Babykarotte)
Variety
Caracas (Babykarotte)
Approved Data
created by Iris at 26.05.2021
Seed packet
Features
Growth habit
lifespan: annual
Location
planting: greenhouse
planting: bed
planting: outdoor
planting: raised bed
light: sunny to semi-shady
Resistances
robust
Taste
sweet
Cultivation Break
3 Years
Season Overview
Sowing
Harvest
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Description
Baby carrot/mini carrot/small snack carrot, very sweet, juicy and crunchy. Short, conical shape, with sweet aroma and orange color. Ideal as a snack in between meals (very popular not only among children). Belongs to the "Chantenay" varieties. Can be stored well. Also in the balcony box and on heavy soils, which are unsuitable for longer carrot varieties.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
Sowing every 4 weeks finely distribute, 1cm deep, in the row spacing of 23-30cm directly into the open ground bed. Germination 10-20 days at 12-15degrees. Thin seedlings later, if necessary, to a distance of 2.5 cm to harvest small, sweet carrots. Thin to a spacing of 5cm to harvest larger carrots. They do best in deep, stoneless sandy soils.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Medium (loamy)
Nutrient requirement
Medium
Plant distance
5 cm
Row spacing
20 cm
Seeding depth
Not specified
Companion Plants
Arugula / Rocket
Aubergine / Eggplant
Basil
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Borage
Chard
Chickpea
Chili
Chives
Common columbine
Common marigold
Cornflower
Cress
Garden cosmos / Mexican aster
Garlic
Garlic chives
Hyssop
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lavender
Leeks
Lettuce (Common chicory)
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Lettuce (Sugar loaf)
Malva / Mallow
Okra
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Oregano
Pea
Pepper / Paprika
Phacelia / Scorpionweed / Heliotrope
Radish
Radishes
Rosemary
Sage
Spinach (Summer)
Spinach (Winter)
Sunflower
Sweet pea
Tagetes / Marigolds
Thyme
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Yalta tomatoes
Zinnia
Antagonistic Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Caraway / Meridian fennel / Persian cumin
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)
Chervil
Comfrey
Common mugwort
Coriander / Cilantro
Cucumber (African horned cucumber / Kiwano)
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber (Melothria)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Horseradish
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Lovage
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Mint
Ornamental pumpkin
Parsley
Parsnip
Pimpinella
Potato
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Root parsley
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sea coal
Sponge gourd / Egyptian cucumber / Vietnamese luffa
Turnip
Turnip-rooted chervil
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Diseases
Root Rot
Soft rot
Powdery mildews
Blight of carrot
Pests
Land snails
Aphids
Root knot nematodes
Carrot fly
Voles
