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When to plant carrots in Georgia

Direct sow nantes carrot around Mar 9 — the Georgia statewide median, counted from a last spring frost of Mar 23 across 751 ZIP codes and 130 NOAA stations.

Mar 9Direct sowFeb 19 – Mar 20 across the state
Mar 23Last spring frostmedian · 1 in 10 years after Apr 9
May 18First harvest70 days from sow

The rule: Direct sow two weeks before the last frost and keep the top half-inch of soil damp for the 14–21 days it takes to germinate.

Georgia carrots, by step

Statewide median last frost Mar 23, first fall frost Nov 11, 2027 season. Each cultivar's own indoor lead time and days to maturity, same engine as the Plan Builder.

CultivarStart indoorsSowFirst harvestDays
Nantes CarrotScarlet NantesDirect sowMar 9May 1870 from sow

Tight means first harvest lands within two weeks of the median first fall frost. Statewide dates are the ZIP-weighted median of every NOAA 1991–2020 station Georgia's ZIP codes resolve to.

Carrots in Georgia, city by city

Nantes Carrot, scheduled from each city's nearest NOAA station — the same dates as its frost page.

CityLast frostSowFirst harvest
Atlantazone 8aMar 24Mar 10May 19
Columbuszone 8bMar 21Mar 7May 16
Augustazone 8bMar 23Mar 9May 18
Maconzone 8bMar 21Mar 7May 16
Savannahzone 9aMar 2Feb 16Apr 27
Athenszone 8bMar 23Mar 9May 18
South Fultonzone 8aMar 15Mar 1May 10
Sandy Springszone 8aMar 25Mar 11May 20
Roswellzone 8aMar 25Mar 11May 20
Warner Robinszone 8bMar 11Feb 25May 6
Johns Creekzone 8aMar 25Mar 11May 20
Mabletonzone 8aMar 27Mar 13May 22
Alpharettazone 8aMar 25Mar 11May 20
Albanyzone 9aMar 10Feb 24May 5
Mariettazone 8aMar 27Mar 13May 22
Stonecrestzone 8aMar 31Mar 17May 26
Brookhavenzone 8aMar 25Mar 11May 20
Smyrnazone 8aMar 27Mar 13May 22
Valdostazone 9aMar 5Feb 19Apr 30
Dunwoodyzone 8aMar 25Mar 11May 20
Gainesvillezone 8aMar 27Mar 13May 22
Newnanzone 8aMar 26Mar 12May 21
Peachtree Cornerszone 8aMar 25Mar 11May 20
Miltonzone 8aApr 4Mar 21May 30

What Georgia carrots need

SeedsThe cultivar decides the sauce. Everything downstream is damage control.
  • Scarlet Nantes Carrot Seed

    The carrot that makes a fermented habanero sauce work. It brings sweetness and body so the sauce has texture without thickener and heat without being one-dimensional.

StartSoil temperature and light intensity, indoors, weeks before your frost date.
  • Organic Seed Starter Potting MixMust have

    Seed-starting mix is not potting soil with a nicer label — it is finer, lighter, and low in nutrients on purpose, because a seedling's first roots want air and moisture, not fertiliser.

GrowRoot volume, nutrition and structure. Where most home crops actually fail.
  • Ocean Forest Potting SoilMust have

    Pre-charged with enough nutrition to carry a transplant for its first month without feeding, which is exactly the window when most container plants stall.

  • 5-Gallon Fabric Grow Bags, 5-Pack

    Fabric pots air-prune roots and drain faster than a plastic pot can, which is the entire reason container tomatoes fail. Five gallons is the honest minimum for a pepper; a tomato wants ten.

  • Rapitest Soil Test Kit

    In-ground growers are guessing until they test. pH outside 6.0–6.8 locks nutrients out no matter how much fertiliser you add, and no amount of feeding fixes that.

  • 3-in-1 Soil Moisture / Light / pH Tester

    Used for one thing — is the root zone actually dry six inches down — it prevents both halves of the most common container failure. Ignore the pH scale on it entirely.

HarvestTiming, handling, and weighing what you actually got.
  • Garden Harvest Basket with Tool Caddy

    A harvest basket that doubles as a colander means the hose rinse happens in the garden, and the dirt stays outside. On a 20-pound tomato day that is a genuine time saving.

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Carrots in Georgia: questions

When should I plant carrots in Georgia?

Direct sow around Mar 9 at the statewide median; across the state that date runs from Feb 19 in the warmest tenth of Georgia's ZIP codes to Mar 20 in the coldest. To cut the freeze risk to one year in ten, count from Apr 9 instead of the median last frost. Use the city table for your own town.

When is the last frost in Georgia?

The ZIP-weighted median of NOAA 1991–2020 station medians is Mar 23. In the warmest tenth of Georgia's ZIP codes the median last frost falls on or before Mar 5; in the coldest tenth, on or after Apr 3.

When will Georgia carrots be ready to harvest?

Nantes Carrot planted on the statewide date is ready around May 18: 70 days from sow.

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