If you doubt it, pull up a plant by the roots and surprise your nose with its carroty smell. Fields are seeded with precision seeders from January into July. They take 6 to 21 days to germinate and 70 to 100 days to mature fully. Carrots are mechanically harvested by machines which pull carrots up by their tops, cuts the tops off and drops the carrots onto a conveyor leading to a trailers. They are also harvested by in machine which lifts the carrots with the soil then it shakes the soil out leaving the carrots which are then loaded into trailers.
Carrots are a common and popular vegetable to be eaten fresh.
Baby carrots are particularly tender and juicy. They can also be canned or frozen. Carrot juice is a very nutritious drink especially high in beta-carotene. Carrots are used in baking in such delectables as carrot cake or muffins. Carrots are rich in minerals and vitamins.