All summer long, every few weeks, I did a new planting of carrots. Most did not germinate. I planted different varieties from different vendors, so I know the seed wasn't the problem. I think it may have just been too hot all summer (temperatures regularly 100 and above). As a result, two of my beds now have tons of un-germinated carrot seeds in them. One of them holds garlic now, and the other has the wilted remains of peanuts.
I am wondering if some of the seeds may sprout and grow into carrots next spring. I know that you can plant onions in the fall and have them sprout first thing in spring; would this apply to carrots as well? I have noticed a few sprouts since the weather got cooler, but they haven't really done much, as it is quite cold at night. Do carrot seeds just stay sleeping all winter and sprout in the spring like onions do?
--S.