https://www.quora.com/Where-do-carrot-seeds-come-from
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/ ... -seeds.htm
http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/seeds.html
No, carrot seeds do not appear before carrots are fully grown. They appear after they're fully grown and are allowed to blossom.
The correct way for them to work would be stage 1: baby carrots, stage 2: adult carrots, stage 3: carrot seeds + adult carrots. The idea of growing seeds in stage 2 makes no sense.
Also, the previous growing model that randomized each given patch of planting was more accurate and more fun than the new system of collective randomization that cycles every few hours.
It's like you guys are making the game more difficult for no good reason.