About
The main carrot crop is harvested in late summer and autumn. Through winter and spring it more often reaches the shelf from storage, so the fresh harvest season shows in juicier, firmer roots.
Fresh harvest season
An orientation window for local open-field harvest in the regions already documented in the atlas — not retail, import, or storage availability.
Atlas regions summary: August 1 – October 31
Regions with data: Voronezh OblastMoscow OblastTver OblastLeningrad Oblast
By region
| Region | Season | Peak | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voronezh Oblast | August 20 – October 20 | — | Approximate |
| Moscow Oblast | September 1 – October 31 | September 15 – October 10 | Medium |
| Tver Oblast | August 1 – October 17 | — | Indicative |
| Leningrad Oblast | September 10 – October 31 | — | Approximate |
In the kitchen
Fresh carrot is juicy and crisp with a gently sweet taste. It is eaten raw, grated into salads, added to soups and stews, or roasted whole. Cooking softens the texture and brings out more sweetness.
Seasonality by region
Leningrad Oblast(RU-LEN)
Season: September – October; Beginning; Active; Ending BeginningActiveEnding
- Season
- September 10 – October 31
- Confidence
- Approximate
Evidence
Carrot is an established open-field vegetable crop in Leningrad Oblast. Regional publications confirm substantial autumn vegetable harvesting, but carrot-specific calendar milestones are scarce. The interval is an editorial estimate of a typical local harvest season and should be refined when stronger product-specific data appear. No explicit peak: available sources do not justify a narrower window without false precision.
Sources
Leningrad Oblast official agriculture booklet — open-field vegetables including carrot
Committee for Agro-Industrial and Fisheries Complex of Leningrad Oblast
Official regional agriculture booklet confirming carrots among established open-field vegetable crops. Does not provide carrot-specific harvest calendar dates. No durable public URL was supplied in the research package; url left null intentionally.
Leningrad Oblast agro reports — autumn open-field vegetable harvesting
Committee for Agro-Industrial and Fisheries Complex of Leningrad Oblast
Official harvesting reports confirming substantial autumn open-field vegetable harvesting in the region. Do not treat general vegetable harvest numbers as carrot-only volumes or exact carrot calendar dates. No durable public URL was supplied in the research package; url left null intentionally.
Moscow Oblast(RU-MOS)
Season: September – October; Beginning; Peak; Ending BeginningPeakEnding
- Season
- September 1 – October 31
- Peak
- September 15 – October 10
- Confidence
- Medium
Evidence
Official Moscow Oblast publications report that carrot harvesting begins in the first half of September. By 25 October 2023 the carrot harvest plan was about 80% complete. Peak bounds are an editorial interpretation of the observed harvest progress.
Sources
About 24.5 thousand tonnes of carrots harvested in Moscow Oblast
Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Moscow Oblast
Official Moscow Oblast publication: carrot harvesting began in the first half of September; by 27 September 2019 around 24.5 thousand tonnes had already been harvested. No durable public URL was supplied in the research package; url left null intentionally.
Moscow Oblast carrot harvest plan about 80% complete
Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Moscow Oblast
Official Moscow Oblast publication: as of 25 October 2023 the carrot harvesting plan was approximately 80% complete (~72 thousand tonnes harvested). No durable public URL was supplied in the research package; url left null intentionally.
Tver Oblast(RU-TVE)
Season: August – October; Beginning; Active; Ending BeginningActiveEnding
- Season
- August 1 – October 17
- Confidence
- Indicative
Evidence
Indicative open-ground carrot harvest envelope for Tver Oblast from product-named operational bulletins: August 2023 already shows early harvested hectares; area increases in September 2022 and October 2022; 17 October 2024 names 6.5 thousand t of carrot in the late vegetable campaign. Start 1 August conservatively encodes August activity without an exact day. End 17 October is the last dated product-specific anchor (October 2022 and October 2024); there is no direct “carrot harvest completed” statement. The 94.2% figure is vegetable-wide and is not read as carrot-specific completion. Peak unset. Confidence INDICATIVE (Research v2). Neighbor-region dates were not copied.
Sources
Tver Oblast harvest campaign continuing — early potato and vegetable snapshot (August 2023)
Government of Tver Oblast (via Panorama PRO)
August 2023: carrot already harvested from 1.5 ha as vegetable harvest started in several districts.
Potato, beetroot and carrot harvest progress in Tver Oblast (12 September 2022)
Press service of the Government of Tver Oblast (via KP-Tver)
12 September 2022 carrot harvested from 113.8 ha — product-named MID. Area also supports commercial applicability.
Tver Oblast potato and vegetable yields — operational data (17 October 2022)
Tver Oblast agri operational data (republication)
17 October 2022 carrot 268.9 ha in an open-ground vegetable context; late product-named activity without explicit completion wording.
Tver Oblast: potato and vegetable harvest (17 October 2024)
Press service of the Government of Tver Oblast (via Interfax-Russia)
17 October 2024 names 6.5 thousand t of carrot as a product-specific late END-side anchor. The 94.2% vegetable share is NOT used as carrot completion percentage.
Voronezh Oblast(RU-VOR)
Season: August – October; Beginning; Active; Ending BeginningActiveEnding
- Season
- August 20 – October 20
- Confidence
- Approximate
Evidence
Voronezhstat confirms carrot production in the region and substantial autumn vegetable harvesting. Product-specific harvest milestones are scarce, so start and peak bounds are editorial estimates reflecting a warmer season and observed vegetable harvest progress. No explicit peak: available sources do not justify a narrower window without false precision.
Sources
Voronezh Statistical Yearbook 2025 — carrot as regional agricultural product
Voronezhstat
Official Voronezh Statistical Yearbook 2025: carrot is explicitly represented as an agricultural/food product with stable production statistics. Does not by itself define a day-level harvest calendar. Exact publication day within 2025 was not supplied. No durable public URL was supplied; url left null intentionally.
Voronezhstat regional harvest reports — autumn vegetable harvesting
Voronezhstat
Official regional harvest reports confirming substantial vegetable harvesting during autumn. General vegetable harvest figures must not be read as carrot-only volume. No durable public URL was supplied in the research package; url left null intentionally.
