How to Grow Carrots Inside
- 1). Choose a site for your carrot pots that will give the plants 5 to 10 hours of full, direct sunlight per day.
- 2). Mix regular potting mix and peat moss in a 50:50 ratio, filling up a clay or plastic 1-gallon pot within 1/2 inch from the rim. Choose a pot with drainage holes; carrot must have well-drained soil to grow properly.
- 3). Plant three carrot seeds 1/2 inch deep into the soil, spacing them evenly in a loose circle or triangle near the middle of the pot.
- 4). Water deeply to moisten the soil, and place the pot on top of a shallow tray strewn with pebbles. The tray will catch moisture that drains from the pot.
- 5). Fertilize with balanced, 10-10-10 fertilizer to give the new carrots plenty of nutrients. After seedlings grow, add fertilizer every two to four weeks until you harvest the carrots.
- 6). Cover the pot with a layer of thin, clear plastic wrap and place in the site you selected previously.
- 7). Check the pot daily for seedlings. When they appear, peel back the plastic wrap and discard it.
- 8). Touch the soil with your hand once or twice a day. If soil is dry, water it until you see liquid coming out of the drain holes at the bottom of the pot.
- 9). Harvest carrots 50 to 70 days after you plant them, when they are 1/2 inch in diameter or larger.
