Tips for Growing Carrots Indoors

For much of his young life, my son has carefully pre-screened each item of food he puts in his mouth.

You might also call this picky eating. But one day, he started randomly wanting to eat carrots.

Better yet, if I purchased a bunch of colorful organic ones from the grocery store, he’d say, “Purple carrot?” one day, and “Yellow?” the next.

I’m just happy he’s finally eating more veggies. So happy, in fact, that I decided to start my own indoor carrot garden.

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I’d tried growing this tasty root veggie from the Umbellifer family in my raised flower bed the summer before, but because of the rocky topsoil mixed into my outdoor soil mix, they all turned out like this:

Crooked and stunted.

I realized that if I grew carrots indoors, I could sow five to seven crops a year, if each crop takes about two to two and a half months to mature. Or even more if I chose to succession plant in multiple containers.

I was really looking forward to having a supply of homegrown veggies for my son to enjoy – and to get him excited about gardening!

In this article, I’ll share what I’ve learned so you can get started with growing your own carrots inside.

Aside from the delight of reaping a year-round harvest from your own indoor garden, why else should you grow these bright and sweet veggies indoors?

When they’re grown outdoors, these tasty roots often struggle to push down through dirt that isn’t loose, resulting in deformities.

Nonetheless, I was so proud of my deformed carrots, the first grown in my outdoor garden since moving to Alaska. But when I put one in my mouth, I was met with a bitter