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Vegetable

Carrot

📍 Sierra Leone

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

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Sow Harvest
Sow
Apr – Oct
Harvest
Jul – Nov
Growing period
60 - 90 days
Seeding rate
0.25 kg/ha
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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Carrot grows in Sierra Leone

plains

LOWLAND

hill mountain

UPLAND

Covers the whole country except the coastal areas,rising from50m to 1948m above sea level with undulating relief.The climate is monsoon type and humid with distinct rainy( May-Nov) and dry( Dec-April)seasons.t comprises a total of 60,650km2.Of the 4.3M ha of arable land of this ecosystem, 70.9% is available and only 6.5% is cultivated annuallyRainfall ranges from 2000mm in the North to 3500mm on the coast.Temperatures range from 23oC to 290C but can rise to 36 in the dries..

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