I fear that avoiding 'carrot fly' is difficult to impossible. Never cover
the foliage. A little banking up seems to help as does NOT thinning. Try not
to expose the top, or any part, of the root. Personally, I gave up growing
to maturity and pulled them all as 'baby carrots' rather than use various
chemicals. They froze well.
Commercially there are very effective chemicals but I would rather avoid
them~~but with no knowledge that they
are harmful.
Best Wishes Brian.
"Jeannie" wrote in message
...
I have an allotment and want to grow carrots this year. All the other
allotment holders have been telling me of the menace that is "carrot fly".
I know about taking the carrot thinnings away from the allotment as the
carrot fly is attracted by the smell of the bruised foliage, but I
wondered
if there are any more precautions I could take.

I have heard tell of earthing the carrots up to cover the foliage
completely, but I don't personally know of anyone who has tried this and
wondered if anyone here had tried it and if it worked. Also, how common
IS
carrot fly?

Any help or experiences would be very much appreciated.

Thanks.

Jeannie

Sorry about the false email address but my actual email account was
inundated with spam everytime I posted in usernet so the address I now use
is fake