Stephen Howard wrote:

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:51:34 +0100, "John Towill"
wrote:

Like everyone I found it great, I was especially interested in the chap that
kept the dreaded carrot fly at bay, but unfortunately I could not quite
understand his method! Oh well!
Cheers

As far as I could tell it involved earthing up the carrots.
I would imagine that this increases the distance between the top of
the soil and the top of the carrot's root - and perhaps this prevents
the carrot fly's larvae from getting at the root.

I get the feeling that it can't be that simple though... surely not!

Regards,

Dunno but bet he doesn't get 'green tops' to his carrots.. Carrot fly
prevention is a matter of timing and erecting a 2 ft tall barrier of
mesh, board or plastic around the carrots. Studies show that fly don't
move above this altitude on the whole
//
Jim