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When to plant carrots in Utah

Direct sow nantes carrot around Apr 21 — the Utah statewide median, counted from a last spring frost of May 5 across 295 ZIP codes and 136 NOAA stations.

Apr 21Direct sowMar 26 – May 18 across the state
May 5Last spring frostmedian · 1 in 10 years after May 28
Jun 30First 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.

Utah carrots, by step

Statewide median last frost May 5, first fall frost Oct 10, 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 sowApr 21Jun 3070 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 Utah's ZIP codes resolve to; 3 of 298 ZIPs have no datable freeze and are left out.

Carrots in Utah, city by city

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

CityLast frostSowFirst harvest
Salt Lake Cityzone 7bMar 31Mar 17May 26
West Valley Cityzone 7bApr 8Mar 25Jun 3
West Jordanzone 7bApr 18Apr 4Jun 13
Provozone 7aApr 18Apr 4Jun 13
St. Georgezone 8bMar 14Feb 28May 9
Oremzone 7aApr 19Apr 5Jun 14
Lehizone 7aApr 30Apr 16Jun 25
Sandyzone 7bApr 29Apr 15Jun 24
Ogdenzone 6bApr 21Apr 7Jun 16
South Jordanzone 7aApr 18Apr 4Jun 13
Laytonzone 7aApr 19Apr 5Jun 14
Millcreekzone 7bApr 25Apr 11Jun 20
Herrimanzone 7aApr 18Apr 4Jun 13
Eagle Mountainzone 6bApr 30Apr 16Jun 25
Taylorsvillezone 7bApr 8Mar 25Jun 3
Saratoga Springszone 7aApr 30Apr 16Jun 25
Loganzone 6aApr 30Apr 16Jun 25
Murrayzone 7bApr 29Apr 15Jun 24
Draperzone 7aApr 18Apr 4Jun 13
Spanish Forkzone 7aApr 25Apr 11Jun 20
Rivertonzone 7aApr 18Apr 4Jun 13
Bountifulzone 6bApr 25Apr 11Jun 20
American Forkzone 7aApr 17Apr 3Jun 12
Tooelezone 7aMay 2Apr 18Jun 27

What Utah 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 Utah: questions

When should I plant carrots in Utah?

Direct sow around Apr 21 at the statewide median; across the state that date runs from Mar 26 in the warmest tenth of Utah's ZIP codes to May 18 in the coldest. To cut the freeze risk to one year in ten, count from May 28 instead of the median last frost. Use the city table for your own town.

When is the last frost in Utah?

The ZIP-weighted median of NOAA 1991–2020 station medians is May 5. In the warmest tenth of Utah's ZIP codes the median last frost falls on or before Apr 9; in the coldest tenth, on or after Jun 1.

When will Utah carrots be ready to harvest?

Nantes Carrot planted on the statewide date is ready around Jun 30: 70 days from sow.

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