Did you know that carrots used to be all types of colours?

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They became orange when Holland (in Europe) chose the carrot as their national food. Holland's king chose the colour orange to represent him and decided that all carrots should be orange too!
Learn more about growing carrots 
Did you know that carrots used to be all types of colours?
Carrot varieties are described as early or maincrop varieties, but also either short-root or long-root varieties. These names give you an idea of when they will crop and the type of soil they're suitable for. Carrots and parsnips grow best in light, sandy soil so if your soil is heavy clay, stony, chalky or doesn't drain particularly well, concentrate on the maincrop, short-root types which cope better with these conditions.
Early carrot varieties take around 12 weeks to mature and maincrop carrot varieties are ready in around 16 weeks. Maincrops take up the most space in the garden, but they tend to be the best varieties to grow if you want some for storage.

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