Last year I successfully grew potatoes in the above. As I don't want to
replace all the soil in them what do the team think of growing carrots
in them? I am bugged by carrot root fly so am wondering if I sow
carrots well below the top of the bags if this will keep the blighters away.
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My mum was too plagued by root fly, so she built a small raised bed only a couple of feet away from where she usually planted carrots. Last years she had a terrific crop of carrots that had no problems - hope that helps

Should work well, since the dreaded flies have a problem with altitude
- they can only get up to about thigh-height, so the builders bags
ought to keep them totally oblivious to your carrots. Planting some
onions in amongst the carrots and only thinning them out in the evening
(preferably a dampish one) will all help as well. Good luck!

"taz" wrote in message
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Should work well, since the dreaded flies have a problem with altitude
- they can only get up to about thigh-height, so the builders bags
ought to keep them totally oblivious to your carrots. Planting some
onions in amongst the carrots and only thinning them out in the evening
(preferably a dampish one) will all help as well. Good luck!

Imagining the height of a Bulk Bag does that mean your thigh height is only
2'6 ?

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"taz" wrote in message
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Should work well, since the dreaded flies have a problem with altitude
- they can only get up to about thigh-height, so the builders bags
ought to keep them totally oblivious to your carrots. Planting some
onions in amongst the carrots and only thinning them out in the evening
(preferably a dampish one) will all help as well. Good luck!

Imagining the height of a Bulk Bag does that mean your thigh height is only
2'6 ?

What's so strange about that?

Given that the groin is about half way up, and mid thigh about 6 inches
below that, that would imply the poster is about 6ft tall. Are you much
taller than average?
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Amen sister!