pk wrote:

jane wrote:

I have had phenomenal results with carrots this year in my incredibly
stony soil simply by carving out a rather experimental 6" trench with
a thin trowel and filling it with cheap multipurpose compost, watering
it and sowing the carrots on that. Got perfect roots (give or take the
odd carrot fly) and the control row, 6" away and in the normal soil is
almost unusable except whole in stews. I didn't notice forking in the
compost row (but compared with the soil, I probably wouldn't!!).



A wrecking bar thrust into the ground and roatated at an angle lat each
planting position leaves a nice conical hole to be filled with appropriate
compost

pk


I have only successfully grown carrots once, the first year. The second
they were ruined by carrot root fly, this year I covered them with
enviromesh, no carrot root fly, but very few and little carrots. Any
help with combating Carrot root fly? I know of several theories, but
would love to hear from someone who has been plagued by them and found a
resolution.