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[Couperman]

Well there were a few flying across the kitchen into the bin this morning

 

I lifted a 6m row of carrots from the plot yesterday and was pleasantly suprised that they hadn't been completely destroyed by carrot root fly.

 

There was what some slight damage but nowhere near as bad as the ones I planted in the raised bed at home (which is higher than these blighters can fly if you believe the gardening books!).

 

It is so annoying to have to fillet carrots Oh well we still managed to salvage 3 or 4 lbs for the freezer, and I now have a rather stylish orange palm

 

Its war next season! Enviromesh cages all round me thinks. Same goes for the brassicas I don't want another bumper caterpillar harvest

 

So theres another two of Gods' creatures i officially don't much like.

 

The joys of gardening in ignorance

 

Kev.

[moochoo]

The enviromesh is fab. I used it to cover my carrots this year and they've been the best crop ever. Shame that I hadn't bought enough to cover the cabbages though, we too have a vast caterpillar harvest

Next year it will be war!!

[Christian]

...No, but I have seen a cauliflower canoeing.

 

Try interplanting carrots with onions next year Kev. The smell of the onions masks the carrot smell, so the flies don't find them

 

It has worked for me for 2 years running.

 

The best thing is fleece or enviromesh. Can be a bit pricey if you have very long rows.

 

At least you got some decent carrots eventually. Plus, people will think you have been applying fake tan!

[chickencam]

Very good Christian

 

We used the interplanting with onions method for quite a few years, it also helps to sow the carrots late after the first flush of carrot flies is over. We now plant them in a block under Enviromesh. We leave our carrots in the ground for most of the winter then freeze the last few just before they start to regrow in Jan/Feb time.

[TAJ]

...next your be talking about flying elephants!

 

Marigolds can also be planted to keep off carrot fly. Was Christian talking about fleece to hold down the carrots wings ?

 

Tracy

[A chickychickychick-ENN!!]

Christian you are a sweetheart and a genius!

[Geoid]