Carrots

[SueA]

Hi Scotti, I seem to remember Anne grew hers under fleece all year to keep the carrot fly off & I think she grew some in a raised bed so that would have helped too. I gave up on mine this year, I was trying to grow some in pots but every time they came up they kept getting eaten straight away & I got disheartened!

[Snadger]

Hi Scotti, I seem to remember Anne grew hers under fleece all year to keep the carrot fly off & I think she grew some in a raised bed so that would have helped too. I gave up on mine this year, I was trying to grow some in pots but every time they came up they kept getting eaten straight away & I got disheartened!

Same here SueA, If there was a variety named 'Dour' I think I've just grown/not grown them!

I even grew some under fleece and they were still attacked by carrot fly.

I am a man on a mission this coming season tho and am determined to grow decent carrots!!

This year I grew Nantes,Paris Market and Autumn King 2.All that survived the carrot fly succumbed to splitting because of the drought! Won't be growing Paris Market this coming year as they were a waste of time, but will probably stick with Nantes and Autumn King 2.
Devoting my leek trench to my carrots and going to splash out on some enviromesh to cover them, and swellgel to make sure they aren't deprived of water!

[lyndap]

Sow carrots in buckets with an onion or two.Don't pull the onion until finished pulling the carrots!A bulb of garlic seems to work as well.Lovely carrots and no sign of carrot fly.

[nick the grief]

Same here SueA, If there was a variety named 'Dour' I think I've just grown/not grown them!

I even grew some under fleece and they were still attacked by carrot fly.

I am a man on a mission this coming season tho and am determined to grow decent carrots!!

This year I grew Nantes,Paris Market and Autumn King 2.All that survived the carrot fly succumbed to splitting because of the drought! Won't be growing Paris Market this coming year as they were a waste of time, but will probably stick with Nantes and Autumn King 2.
Devoting my leek trench to my carrots and going to splash out on some enviromesh to cover them, and swellgel to make sure they aren't deprived of water!

You didnt ge the carrots of the same chap as the sweet peas did you

[Snadger]

You didnt ge the carrots of the same chap as the sweet peas did you

Carrots are gone (well just about...... managed to save a few!) Sweet Peas are now 10'-0" high, still no flowers! but who knows, if I can mollycuddle them through the winter ??????...............

[Sunbeam]

I was having a conversation with my sister re:carrot fly (long gone are the conversations about boys/lippy & who's snogging who at the weekends disco! ) and she told me that her employer grows carrots in tubs and puts the tubs on a raised surface - probably about waist height or higher and he has no probs with carrot fly as they are unable to fly upto that height - is this true or a myth?

[nick the grief]

Nope it's true. Carrot fly is like me ... it suffers from Vertigo & is dashingly handsome .... Well the Vertigo bits right.

They aren't supposed to fly much above a couple of feet high so thats why physical barriers are supposed to work. I usually grow a tub or two of carrots & so does my friend & we have never had fly damage.

[Geordie]

Nope it's true. Carrot fly is like me.....

I was thinking more troublesome pest!!