Carrot seeds?

Question

So my boyfriend and I were talking today about carrots (nothing inappropriate!) and their seeds. Where on earth do they come from? There are no seeds inside carrots! Wont they run out one day?

Thanks =]

Answer 1

the carrot is the root of the plant.

Answer 2

"The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange or white, or red-white blend in colour, with a crisp texture when fresh. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. It has been bred for its greatly enlarged and more palatable, less woody-textured edible taproot, but is still the same species. The orange part is under the ground while the green part/leaves are above the ground.

It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer, while building up the stout taproot, which stores large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 metre (3 ft) tall, with an umbel of white flowers.'

My note: the seeds come from the flowers, not the root.

Answer 3

I've let carrots go to seed in our garden, collected the seeds and sown them successfully.  The carrots you eat are the root of the plant.  You eat them before the plant yields seeds, otherwise the carrots are woody and orrible.  If you want some of your own carrot seeds for planting next year, you leave some of the plants unpicked.  By about May or June in NZ, the tops will have some seeds.  Shake the tops into a container, keep the seeds that fall out and plant them next spring.  Best of all, stratify the seeds.  That is, put them into the freezer for a few weeks to tell them that they've been through winter.  It increases the germination rate.

Answer 4

Carrot is biennial and flowers during the second year. The flower will become fruits and fruits bear small seeds. When matured seeds are taken and sown on finely prepared nursery and seedling are raised. Matured seedlings are screened for mass selection method of plant breeding and these seedlings are planted in the main field. Other plants like potato is also raised like this technique called true potato seeds.

This method is used to lower down cost of cultivation. Using carrot roots for cultivation means costly affair.

Answer 5

If you let a carrot continue to grow it will flower eventually and produce. That happens in my garden to many veggies.

We harvest them for eating much of our produce when they are still young.

Answer 6

carrot seeds are in the carrot but they are really small

Answer 7

Carrots, while a root vegetable, are grown from seeds. The second growth cycle,they will produce flowers and that is where the seeds come from.

Answer 8

YOU ARE SO FUNNY  IF YOU FOLLOW THE BUNNY RABBITS THEY SHALL SHOW YOU

Answer 9

WAIT! my answer was wrong... look at this article:

I'm often asked about where carrot seeds come from, so I thought I would finally write a little section about that. The reason the majority of people don't know how or where the carrot seed originates from, is because most carrot crops are harvested before the plant reaches full natural maturity. While most of us pull up the plant and eat the root during the first year of development, carrot seeds are not produced until the second year of the plants development. Carrot plants are biennial. As the seeds are so readily available from most home gardening stores, there really is no benefit to hanging around for two years to develop the carrot seeds yourself, which also do require special care during that time to make sure they survive.

Answer 10

carrot seeds are actually fairy p**p.