Carrots

We are growing 130 hectares of organic carrots for the 2024/2025 season, mainly destined for the the UK’s major supermarkets.

We have also targeted a large area of our production for the ‘baby food’ market and ‘box schemes’, these two outlets account for around 25% of our total production.

Supply starts in August and extends through to the following May, with all later harvested (post December) carrots being ‘strawed up’ through the winter months.

Varieties in production include: Norwich, Nairobi, Eskimo, and the variety Bangor for the processing market. We are also growing a new variety called Octavo. Identified as having high resistance to virus and cavity spot. It is also an excellent long term storage variety.

Due to customer demand we have recently installed a carrot washing facility in order to offer a basic level of washing – to support our processing and wholesale outlets.

A crown grader was installed in January 2023.

Variety Development: We are always keen to look at new varieties. If any customer would like us to look at a new variety then please do let us know.

New Product Development: This season, in conjunction with Dr Richard Binks of freshtec.co.uk, we are using a biological approach to help reduce carrot root fly. We continue to work with Koppert using a number of their biological products for the natural control of several pests. This is part of our Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy.