The best carrot seed packets, compared.
Top pick: Mr Fothergill’s Burpees Short ’n’ Sweet Best value: Mr Fothergill’s Autumn King 2 – Named storage maincrop at about £2.34, with 4.3 from 54 reviews. Updated October 2026.
Carrot seeds on amazon.co.uk are packets of carota for a UK garden, allotment or pot, not plants and not seed tape. This page decides which of 12 listings fits your soil, and which star line you should not count twice. Nantes is the blunt early type for a worked, stone-free bed. Chantenay and other short types suit shallow, stony or heavy soil and most containers. Autumn maincrops are the long keepers and fork more readily in stones. The Royal Horticultural Society advises sowing direct about 1 cm deep from April to early July, with a full insect-proof cover against carrot fly. Several listings say cover seed with about 3 cm. Follow the RHS unless the paper packet in your hand says otherwise. Depth and timing are in the [how to sow carrot seeds](/hub/root-vegetables/carrot-seeds/sub/carrot-seeds-how-to-sow).
Carrot seeds on amazon.co.uk are packets of carota for a UK garden, allotment or pot, not plants and not seed tape. This page decides which of 12 listings fits your soil, and which star line you should not count twice.
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What is the ground like?
Mr Fothergill’s Burpees Short ’n’ Sweet at about £3.19, with a bullet of 1,000 seeds and a March to June sowing. Rank 25 in Vegetable Seeds. The unit-count field says 50 gram, which does not match the 1,000-seed bullet. Stars are 5.0 from 3 reviews and there is no review text. The pot question is unanswered.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A short orange carrot for a garden or allotment when the name is enough
Less suitable: A pot, until you have the paper packet, or a decision based on review text
Specifications
Common questions
Can it be grown in pots?
The listing asks. The bullets mention home gardens and allotments and do not answer the pot question.
When does the seller say to sow?
March to June, for home gardens and allotments.
What do the three reviews say?
The star line is 5.0 from 3 reviews. The listing has no review text.
Unwins Sugarsnax at about £1.78. The listing gives full sun, a 10 cm height attribute, model 4747, and a care line to keep the soil moist. It does not give a seed count, a sowing month, or review text. The bestseller line places it in Garden Furniture Set Covers, which does not match a seed packet.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A named Sugarsnax packet at a low shelf price when review text is not required
Less suitable: A decision based on other buyers’ crops
Specifications
Common questions
Can these seeds be grown in pots?
The listing asks. The listing has no answer.
Are these seeds organic?
The listing asks. The material attribute says Natural. No organic certificate is shown.
What do the two reviews say?
The star line is 5.0 from 2 reviews. The listing contains no review text.
This is the Chantenay packet at about £2.95, 4.4 from 170 reviews. The seller calls it a stump root of about 1.5 inches across in about 80 days. Reviewers describe sweet roots, full germination, and a late June sowing that still cropped. Other reviews report no roots, a wait of five weeks with nothing showing, or goosefoot where the row should have been. One reviewer mentioned squirrels.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A shorter root where the fine soil is shallow
Less suitable: A long storage carrot, or a packet with one agreed seed count
Specifications
Common questions
Can it be grown in pots?
The listing says yes: troughs, containers or beds. The indoor/outdoor attribute says indoor only.
How long does the seller say it takes?
The bullet says about 80 days, and under three months from sowing to eating.
Is the seed count consistent?
The title says 1,000 seeds. Another bullet says 1,100. One reviewer said the packet did not hold many seeds.
This is one Early Nantes packet at about £3.10, with 4.3 from 267 UK reviews, model MP051, and rank 59 in Vegetable Seeds. The seller describes a blunt root in 65–75 days and says to cover seed with about 3 cm. Reviewers often mention a lot of seed, sprouting, and a crop they liked. Others report no germination, a damp packet, or roots that stayed small. The title count and the pieces line do not match.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A blunt early carrot in a bed or a deep pot, if you accept a disputed seed count
Less suitable: A certified-organic label, or a short root for a shallow trough
Specifications
Common questions
Can it be grown in pots?
The listing says yes: pots, troughs, containers or beds. No pot depth is given.
How many seeds are in the packet?
The title says 1,000 seeds. The pieces line and one bullet say 2,000. The listing does not show a counted packet.
Does the listing say the seed is organic?
No. Attributes say GMO-free, gluten-free and heirloom. Heirloom is not a control-body mark in this listing.
A two-packet Early Nantes at about £5.82, model MP051, same Garden rank as the £3.10 single. The star line is 4.3 from 267 and the review texts are the same names and dates as that single. Praise and complaints in those texts, including crops, failed germination and damp seed, are not a second sample. The bullet still says cover with about 3 cm.
Pros
Cons
Best for: Two packets of this Early Nantes in one order
Less suitable: Anyone counting 267 as evidence on top of the single packet
Specifications
Common questions
Is the 267-review line separate from the single packet?
No. Model MP051, the Garden rank, and the review texts match B09X4S1W15, including reviewer names and dates.
Can I grow them in pots indoors?
The bullet says pots and indoors. The indoor/outdoor attribute says outdoor. No pot depth is given.
How does the price compare with one packet?
This listing is about £5.82 for two. The single Early Nantes listing is about £3.10, so two singles would be about £6.20 on these figures.
Mr Fothergill’s Autumn King 2 at about £2.34, 4.3 from 54 reviews. The bullets call it a maincrop with large tapering roots that stores well. Eight texts mostly say the seed germinated and grew. One packet did not grow. Another produced pink flowers instead of carrots. The planting attribute says autumn, which is the Amazon field, not a sowing month in the bullets. The pot question is unanswered.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A named maincrop for storage at a low packet price
Less suitable: A shallow pot, or a packet where every review grew carrots
Specifications
Common questions
Can it be grown in pots?
The listing asks. The bullets do not answer. They describe a maincrop with large tapering roots.
Does it need full sun?
The sunlight attribute says full sun. The soil attribute says sandy soil.
How many seeds are listed?
The unit count says 2,000. The pieces field is 16,335, the same digits as model 16335, so that field is not a reliable seed count.
Just Seed Sugarsnax 54 F1 at about £1.55 for a stated 150 seeds, sold as a baby carrot. Stars are 4.3 from 29 reviews. Three texts are positive: a crop worth repeating, germination, and children. A bullet cites Defra Registered 7291 and Organic Registration AP23164. Those numbers are not checked here, and the title does not say certified organic seed. Pot size and days to harvest are absent.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A small F1 packet for pulling young roots, at the lowest prices in this set
Less suitable: A storage maincrop, or a scheme that needs an organic control-body code
Specifications
Common questions
Can these carrots be grown in pots?
The listing asks. The listing does not answer.
How long does it take to harvest?
The listing asks. No maturity figure is given.
What do the review texts say?
Three texts report a tasty crop, good germination, and roots that suited children. None states a fault.
A second Early Nantes listing at the same about £3.10, with 4.2 from 30 reviews and rank 907 in Vegetable Seeds. The pieces line says 1,000 while a bullet says 2,000. Four review texts talk about germination and young plants. They do not report a harvest or a fault. The image file name on Amazon matches the 267-review Nantes and the organic-titled Nantes.
Pros
Cons
Best for: Early Nantes if you want this ASIN’s own smaller review line
Less suitable: Proof of a harvested crop, or a unique photograph
Specifications
Common questions
Is this the same listing as the 267-review Early Nantes?
No. This ASIN has 4.2 from 30 reviews and a different Vegetable Seeds rank. The hero image URL matches two other Meldon listings.
Can it be grown in pots?
The seller says pots, troughs, containers or beds.
What do the four review texts say?
They mention germination, plants growing, and seedlings just shooting. None describes a finished harvest or a defect.
A colour mix at about £3.60, model MP074, 4.1 from 191 reviews. The seller says about 80 days and names Red Samurai and Purple Haze in the title. Reviewers who got a crop talk about colour, children, and taste. A repeated complaint is that the packet held a fraction of 250 seeds. Some batches did not germinate, and one crop was lost to slugs after sprouting.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A colour mix for salads or for children, if a short count is acceptable
Less suitable: A packet where the stated 250 seeds are the reason to buy
Specifications
Common questions
What colours are in the mix?
The title names Rainbow, Red Samurai and Purple Haze. The colour attribute lists orange, purple, red and yellow.
Can these carrots be grown in pots?
The seller says pots, troughs, containers or beds. One reviewer used a bucket raised off the ground.
Did reviewers find 250 seeds?
Several counted far fewer: under 20, about 50, and no more than 70. Others report a colourful crop when seed did grow.
Early Nantes at about £3.05 with organic in the title and a matching 1,000-seed bullet. Stars are 4.1 from 31 reviews. Seven texts are positive about germination and flavour; one mentions misshapen roots. The image URL matches two other Meldon Nantes listings. The seller still says cover seed with about 3 cm. No organic control body is named.
Pros
Cons
Best for: Early Nantes where the listing’s own organic wording is what you are buying
Less suitable: A scheme that needs a control-body code on the packet
Specifications
Common questions
Can it be grown in pots?
The bullet says pots, troughs, containers or beds. The indoor/outdoor attribute says outdoor.
Is this certified organic seed?
The title says 1,000 organic seeds and a bullet says organically produced. No control-body code appears in the listing.
What do reviewers say about the crop?
Seven texts praise germination, an early crop, and flavour. One winter crop was misshapen and still described as tasty.
Just Seed Red Samurai F1, an economy pack at about £1.45 for a stated 100 seeds. Stars are 3.5 from 16 reviews. Three texts are in the listing: a row of shoots after 10–12 days, a count of about 60 seeds, and about 10 plants from the packet. Pot size, sun, and days to harvest are not stated.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A low-priced red F1 if a short count is acceptable
Less suitable: A full row from a guaranteed 100 seeds, or a certified-organic packet
Specifications
Common questions
Can it be grown in pots?
The listing asks. The listing does not answer.
Does it need full sun?
The listing asks. No sunlight attribute is filled in.
What is the organic line?
The material attribute says Organic, and a bullet cites Organic Registration AP23176 and Defra Registered 7291. The title does not say this packet is certified organic seed, and those numbers were not checked on a register.
Two Mr Fothergill’s packets sold as Carrot Large at about £1.98. The bullets describe a maincrop with large tapering roots that stores, and mention vitamin A. The style name is not Autumn King 2. The listing has no star line, no seed count, and no answer to the container question.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A cheap two-packet maincrop when you do not need review text
Less suitable: A named variety, or a decision that depends on other buyers’ results
Specifications
Common questions
Is this suitable for containers?
The listing asks the question. The bullets do not answer it. They say sow where the plants are to grow.
How many seeds are there?
The listing gives a pack of two and a weight of 100 g. It does not state a seed count.
What do reviewers say?
There is no customer-review line and no review text in the listing.
Twelve carrot seed packets on amazon.co.uk were compared from the listing facts in this set on 15 October 2026. Root type, what the packet claims, a seed count you can believe, price against an independent review line, and sowing notes were weighted and then set to 100. There was no lab germination test. Where a seller bullet conflicts with the Royal Horticultural Society on depth, the RHS figure is the one to follow unless your paper packet says otherwise.
Root type for your soil
30%Nantes suits a worked, stone-free bed. Short and stump types suit shallow, stony or heavy soil and most pots. Long maincrops are the keepers and fork more readily in stones.
What the packet claims
20%Variety name, early versus maincrop, and F1 or not. Organic in a title or an attribute is not a control-body code on the packet.
Seed count you can believe
20%Title, pieces line and bullets often disagree. Reviewer counts that fall far short of the title reduce confidence in that packet.
Price and an independent star line
20%Shelf price is judged inside this set. A star line shared with another ASIN is counted once, not added.
Sowing notes against RHS advice
10%A seller cover depth of about 3 cm conflicts with the RHS figure of about 1 cm. USDA zone lines are not UK sowing dates.
Start with the root your soil can grow, then with whether the packet’s seed count and star line belong to that ASIN. Sowing depth comes after those two checks. The notes below follow that order for these 12 listings.
A carrot seed packet in this comparison is seed of Daucus carota for a UK garden, allotment or pot. It is not a tray of plants and it is not seed tape. On the 15 October 2026 amazon.co.uk shelves in this set, prices run from about £1.45 to about £5.82. Entry packets under £2 are Red Samurai F1 at about £1.45, Sugarsnax 54 F1 at about £1.55, Unwins Sugarsnax at about £1.78, and Mr Fothergill’s Carrot Large twin at about £1.98.
Several bullets in this set say about 3 cm. The RHS and Gardeners’ World describe about 1 cm in a direct drill. Follow the RHS unless the paper packet in your hand says otherwise.
The Early Nantes twin shows 4.3 from 267 reviews with the same model, rank and review texts as the single. Count that sample once. A 5.0 from two or three reviews, with no text, is a thin sample.
Organic in a title or an attribute is not a control body on the packet. GMO-free is not organic. A USDA zone on a listing is not a UK sowing date, and a long maincrop does not belong in a window box.
The first check is the root you can grow in the ground you have. Nantes is blunt and early. It suits a bed you have worked and cleared of stones. In this set that shape is the Meldon Early Nantes singles, the organic-titled single, and a twin pack that repeats the first single’s review line. The seller puts Early Nantes at 65–75 days and says it will grow in pots as well as beds. No pot depth is given. Chantenay Red Cored is the stump, about 1.5 inches across in about 80 days, at about £2.95.
The second check is whether the packet is what the title says, and whether the star line belongs to that ASIN. Variety name, early versus maincrop, F1 or not, and where the word organic sits all matter. A title that says organic is not a control-body code. The organic-titled Early Nantes at about £3.05 agrees with its bullet on 1,000 seeds, and still names no control body. Just Seed puts Organic in an attribute and cites registration numbers that were not checked on a register.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You have worked the bed and taken out the stones, and you want a blunt early carrot. Meldon Early Nantes is the largest independent review sample in this set, 4.3 from 267 reviews, at about £3.10. The title and the pieces line do not agree on the seed count.
Your soil is shallow, stony or heavy, or you are sowing in a container. Chantenay Red Cored is the stump type, at about £2.95, with 4.4 from 170 reviews. The seller says troughs, containers or beds. A long maincrop is the wrong shape for a window box.
You want more than orange, and a short packet is acceptable. The Meldon rainbow mix names Red Samurai and Purple Haze, at about £3.60, with 4.1 from 191 reviews. Several reviewers counted far fewer than the stated 250 seeds.
The top pick is Meldon Seeds Chantenay Red Cored, with the highest score in this comparison (9.2 out of 10, from 170 amazon.co.uk reviews). The best value is Mr Fothergill’s Autumn King 2 at about £2.34, a named storage maincrop with 4.3 from 54 reviews. Do not add the twin pack’s 267 reviews to the single, and do not treat a 5.0 from two or three reviews as a larger sample.
Mr Fothergill’s Autumn King 2
Named storage maincrop at about £2.34, with 4.3 from 54 reviews.
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