On Mar 14, 11:31 am, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:10:37 +0000, (Carol Hague) wrote:
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We have been unable to grow carrots on our heavy clay soil but this
year we have prepared a special bed and hopefully they will grow.

When we lived in the City, we had a problem with carrot fly, is there
a chemical product we can buy to control this or is there a proven
method that works without the use of chemicals?

The BBC garden page at:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basic...ompanionplanti
ng.shtml

recommends growing the carrots next to leeks - supposedly the scent of
the leeks confuses the carrot root fly and the carrots reciprocate for
onion fly and leek moth, although I confess I'd never heard of the
latter. I haven't tried this (yet) so I don't know if it works or not.

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RHS recommends using fleecehttp://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/months/august.asp
"Take care when thinning out any late-sown carrot seedlings to prevent the scent
released attracting carrot fly females. To protect them from carrot fly use
fleece or enviromesh coverings."

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0201/fleece.asp
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Martin, thanks for this, the site is full of info. Where could I buy
this economically? I see Notcutts have it but it is fairly expensive!

I have been in the garden all day, I don't work on Wednesday's, and it
has been beautiful, I have sunburn on my arms. I took my geranium
cuttings and started all the fuscia off by watering and feeding them
ready for cuttings. I don't think I will bother with any heat now in
the greenhouse unless an overnight frost is forecast.

I also fed my rhodo beds, can I take cuttings now?

Judith