Seed & varieties
Nantes-type English carrot; more than 200 varieties trialled since the early 2000s for shelf life, low foliage disease pressure and yield; imported hybrid seed from a European seed house; variety trials continue every season.
200+varieties trialled
Variety trials
More than 200 varieties trialled since the early 2000s for shelf life, low foliage disease pressure and yield; variety trials continue every season.
Varieties under trial this season [COPY TBC].
MEDIA-FARM-03Variety trial plot with variety tags legible in the foreground
Seed programme
Imported hybrid seed from a European seed house. Sown with a precision pneumatic seed drill on raised beds; seed rate cut from 3 kg to 700 g per acre.
Good Agricultural Practices & MRL programmeMEDIA-FARM-02Precision pneumatic seed drill in operation on raised beds; second frame close on the seed metering unit