My personal
experience is that the better the soil preparedness, the better the carrots. One year, I planted carrots in a double dig traditional garden in heavy clay soil. Great carrots. I tried 2 variety of carrots this year in a brand new hugel bed that I hastily put together. Horrible carrots. This spring, I have a
raised bed on contour that I dug at the end of summer. Not great soil, but I think it will be loose
enough for carrots. I plan on planting several variety so if I have success, I will try to report. If I fail, then I probably will not report