14-03-2007, 06:48 PM
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? Chemical Control of Carrot Fly
On Mar 14, 5:51 pm, Martin wrote:
On 14 Mar 2007 10:47:56 -0700, "
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On Mar 14, 5:26 pm, Martin wrote:
On 14 Mar 2007 09:59:48 -0700, "
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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!
We get ours from a Dutch garden centre.
http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/H...lant%20Protect...
Charge about the same as the local suppliers.
It lasts several years.
Thanks Martin, I have printed this out.
I googled it was the first hit. You might find somewhere cheaper and nearer to
you
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Martin
enviromesh
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalo...p?cPath=61_180
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