flyaway carrots

[lynda66]

i just sowed some of these, (a freebie of someone i bought seeds off) has anyone tried them? are they tasty? and do they really keep carrot fly away? and is it worth planting them in between ordinary carrots? will they keep the flies off them too?

i really wish i knew all this stuff

oh and while i'm on the subject of carrots, when you chop the heads off carrots and put them in water they grow leaves, if you planted them, would they grow new carrots?

yes i know probably a really stupid question, but i just had some really yummy carrots for tea, and have no idea what variety they were, so if i could grow them from carrot tops, it would be good

[T.Austin]

Never tried them but are supposed to be resistant to carrot fly.

[lynda66]

yeah i gathered that, as it said carrot fly resistant on the bag he sent them in lol

i just wondered if they were any good

[PAULW]

Yes

Yes

Sort of Work better if planted with others see below

Yes If you plant them in between other carrots the fly is supposed to smell the other carrots and attack them first

No See above

Final question No

[lynda66]

ok, thanks ... maybe i'll not plant them between other carrots, i don't want my carrots eating at all ... so what happens to the sprouted carrot tops then? i remember growing them as a kid, but never got past sprouting lol

[PAULW]

LYNDA
The carrot fly resistant carrot work on the theory that they have less carrot smell so do not attract the fly if you sow a sacrificial crop something like Paris Market these will attract the attention of the fly leaving the so call resistant type alone

[lynda66]

oh right lol, i was hoping it was going to keep them away from all my carrots lol ...... i don't want to sacrifice anything ..... they are my babies lol, oh well, touch wood maybe i'll be lucky and not get any carrot fly anyway

i don't know anyone who grows veg round here, cos most of the houses round about are terraces, and theres no farming, other than cows, so maybe theres no carrot fly in the area? does it work like that?

i guess i should look ...... goes off to google

oh i just saw on a site to grow onions near carrots, my onions and spring onions are in the next row to the normal carrots

[PAULW]

Yes that should help I had a very clean crop last year doing this, wouldn't have thought there would be much problem with the carrot fly in Manchester it rains that much the little buggers should drown before they can do any damage.

[lynda66]

i would normally at this point say it doesn't actually rain as much as everyone seems to think, but after having a monsoon for the last week, lets hope so lol

[MrsBond]

I have grown flyaway and resistafly this year.....all yummy and untouched by norty bugs, I did also put a couple of marigolds in and some spring onions to help with putting the carrot fly off laying.

MrsB x

[zazen999]

I use coriander. I grow it in the same bed and chop it off every few days - and sprinkle the choppings around the carrot bed. It's worked thus far. The only time I had carrot fly was when i got cocky - and as my other post will tell you the purple and yellow ones were fine but the others weren't at all.

[SarzWix]

I wish I had some carrots to get carrot fly on My first sowing was munched by slugs. Then the second sowing, my OH, the doylem, managed to get glysophate drift on my carrot tops, so I had to pull them all out I sowed some more last week, third time lucky?!