Super sweet, it also boasts great holding ability in the field.
This bunching type offers armloads of fat 6-inch carrots.
Genus: Daucus
Species: carota
Variety: YaYa Hybrid
Item Form: (P) Pkt of 200 seeds
Days to Maturity: 60
Fruit Color: Orange
Seeds Per Pack: 200
Fruit Length: 6 in
Additional Characteristics: Cool Season, Direct Sow, Edible, Season Extenders
Harvest Season: Early Summer, Early Winter, Late Fall, Late Spring, Mid Fall
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Cold Hardy
Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
Uses: Beds, Cuisine, Ornamental, Outdoor
60 days from direct-sowing. There is a new standard for crunchy-sweet flavor, and its name is YaYa! This bunching Nantes-type is just about the most delicious little carrot we have ever sampled . . . and we’ve sampled them all! Just 6 inches long, with a knobby sort of growth and blunt tip, YaYa sets a new standard for eating excellence in the carrot family.
These cylindrical roots have a great holding ability in the field, so you can time your harvest a bit more gradually. As with all carrots, sow the seeds in intervals of several weeks in spring and late summer, so that they don’t mature all at once. But if you have more ready than you want, don’t worry — with YaYa you can wait for several weeks without loss of flavor or texture!
The 12-inch tops of these carrots are beautiful and nutritious, making good additions to soups and stews. But it’s the short fat roots that are the real prize, and you will enjoy plenty as this YaYa sets big bunches of delectable eating!
Carrots need deeply worked, light soil to grow straight, thick roots. Direct-sow the seeds when the ground has warmed up in spring, or in late summer for a fall crop. Thin the seedlings to avoid crowding (and use the thinnings to flavor soups). A touch of frost will do the roots no harm. Packet is 1/32-ounce, which is at least 200 seeds.
Great seed germination so far.