carrot fly

[hawthorns]

will garden fleece keep carrot fly out. or is enviro mesh the better option

[Cutecumber]

Fleece will keep the flies out, but in the summer it can be too warm (in my experience).

Use your judgement depending on when the carrots are to be grown - early crops under fleece, late crops under enviromesh.

[kernowyon]

i find that foxes etc rip through fleece easily, enviromesh is tougher. so your local wildlife will also be a factor
but also your budget, enviromesh is quite expensive but if looked after will last for years.

[hawthorns]

i dont suffer from foxes.just slugs. im looking to cover carrots primarily

[mrs potato head]

Arn't marigold good to deter Carrot Fly. We didn't suffer with CF this year but my plot neighbousr did. We planted marigolds and quite a few other flowers. Pest wise apart from the odd caterpillar and slug in greenhouse we did ok.

[moggssue]

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but my veg plot was bordered with marigolds and I had no carrot fly or caterpillars - as soon as the marigolds died off, the caterpillars arrived in droves. MInd you, they didnt deter the slugs ....

Another thought - isn;t it too late for carrot fly? (I don't ask from experience btw, but for clarification!)

[hawthorns]

my carrots have been under poly tunnel since seed to protect from carrot fly. can i now take poly tunnel away. there are to be harvested in the spring

[Snadger]

Apparently carrot fly are onl about until the end of September?

I have grown my carrots under enviromesh all season and they are still under it and still growing.

I tried fleece last year but didn't leave enough slack on it for when they grew and the tops pushed up and grew through the fleece!

[moggssue]

Maybe this year's weird weather has had an effect on them as well as everything else?