Purple Haze - all purple?

[chris]

Are purple Haze carrots all purple? Have only pulled one so far (only one really of a 'decent' size) - but it was all purple, and inside say 2-3mm down was orange flesh. I thought they had dashes of purple through them? Do any growing factors affect this? (hopefully they'll all be like this as I really do fancy purple soup ).

[Magiccat1978]

Not really sure what they are ment to look like but thats exactly how mine all looked like last year so I'd say its normal but I'm sure someone more knowledgable will be along soon

[Sanjo]

I grew Purple Haze last year and they were just like yours. They looked good on a plate, especially sliced up for salad. It was a pity I didn't care much for the taste. Having said that, this year's normal carrots didn't grow much and tasted very slightly bitter.

[realfood]

Your purple haze are normal. I think that they have a very good carrot taste and have grown them for several years.

[falkon]

They are looking perfect, cheers, the core of the carrot is orange like while the outer is purple. sometimes even the outer is only slightly purple

[Two_Sheds]

Yep, they just have a haze or blush of purple over them.

[Florence Fennel]

They stay purple if they're steamed (or raw obviously), but if you boil them they tend to go more orange. My colleague insists he has bought some from a greengrocer in the past that were completely purple, but I've yet to find them, all the purple varieties seem to have at least some orange! If you know of any, do let me know!

[Alison]

That's exactly what they're supposed to look like, dark purple round the outside with an orange core - nice nutty taste as I remember from when I've had them in the past. Although they keep good colour when steamed, they do turn the spuds a funny colour if you're boiling them below

[realfood]

Several years ago, I grew one that was mostly purple right through called Afghan purple from HDRA heritage seeds.

[Two_Sheds]

some of my Purple Haze are almost black on the outside, but still bright orange on the inside

[chris]

cool

We made some soup with most of ours (I still have one planter, that I hope to keep going/semi growing on until xmas in the GH). - Quite a strange colour, almost purpley/browny/orangey - sounds obvious, but I expected the purple to dissapear when boiled.

[nomis]

mine look like that, though they do have slithers of purple that go in further than the ring.

not sure mine are purple haze, might be a different purple variety?