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?

Judith

On 13/3/07 18:11, in article
,
" wrote:

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?

Judith

Don't know about proven but see the bit I posted from the RHS comments on
scorzonera. ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

In message . com,
" writes
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?

Judith

Not a chemical control, but my Father used to have a lot of trouble with
carrot root fly until he started using old coffee grounds a couple of
years ago. He collects the spent grounds from the coffee shop in his
local Sainsburys when he's shopping - just leaves them a clean bucket
when he goes in and collects it, full of grounds, on his way out. Then
liberally spreads the grounds round the carrot plants, it seems to work
very well - now that I've got myself an allotment I'll be trying it too.

HTH

Will
--
lancre dot net - The personal domain of Will and Cath Wilkinson.
Send e-mail to news dot will at lancre dot net
'98 300Tdi Defender 110 CSW, 1/12th NB Sometimes
PGP Fingerprint E089 1736 A023 9E5C AFA3 0B40 E5DC D80A 9E1F D521
Public key can be obtained from ldap://certserver.pgp.com

judith wrote:
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?

Judith


My neighbour gets a paintbrush and splashes (sprints?)* paraffin along
the rows when he thins them out. He is about 75 so it can't be deadly,
he's been doing it for years.

* What do you call it when you flick the bristles of a brush?

On 13 Mar, 18:46, Will Wilkinson wrote:
Not a chemical control, but my Father used to have a lot of trouble with
carrot root fly until he started using old coffee grounds a couple of
years ago. He collects the spent grounds from the coffee shop in his
local Sainsburys when he's shopping - just leaves them a clean bucket
when he goes in and collects it, full of grounds, on his way out. Then
liberally spreads the grounds round the carrot plants, it seems to work
very well - now that I've got myself an allotment I'll be trying it too.

Grown next to strong smelling onions is good too and deter the spila
as well as borrage. Also when thining, it's a good idea to do it on a
still day, so that not to attract the spila with the smell of carrots.
In the little film I shown on urg a few days ago, they did something
even better - they kept their carrots growing tight and didn't thin
well until the carrots were as big as a finger. They not only ate
these and didn't waste the thining but there's less chance for the
spila to get in there. I thought that was a brilliant idea.

Last year I've read that because of the hot and dry weather, the fly
got to potatoes too. That's very worrying!

On 13/3/07 18:47, in article , "PB"
wrote:

judith wrote:
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?

Judith


My neighbour gets a paintbrush and splashes (sprints?)* paraffin along
the rows when he thins them out. He is about 75 so it can't be deadly,
he's been doing it for years.

* What do you call it when you flick the bristles of a brush?

Stippling? Flicking? ;-))

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 13 Mar, 19:29, "La Puce" wrote:
On 13 Mar, 18:46, Will Wilkinson wrote:

Not a chemical control, but my Father used to have a lot of trouble with
carrot root fly until he started using old coffee grounds a couple of
years ago. He collects the spent grounds from the coffee shop in his
local Sainsburys when he's shopping - just leaves them a clean bucket
when he goes in and collects it, full of grounds, on his way out. Then
liberally spreads the grounds round the carrot plants, it seems to work
very well - now that I've got myself an allotment I'll be trying it too.

Grown next to strong smelling onions is good too and deter the spila
as well as borrage. Also when thining, it's a good idea to do it on a
still day, so that not to attract the spila with the smell of carrots.
In the little film I shown on urg a few days ago, they did something
even better - they kept their carrots growing tight and didn't thin
well until the carrots were as big as a finger. They not only ate
these and didn't waste the thining but there's less chance for the
spila to get in there. I thought that was a brilliant idea.

Last year I've read that because of the hot and dry weather, the fly
got to potatoes too. That's very worrying!

I was taught that the carrot fly only lays its eggs around the time
that cow parsley is in flower, so if you cover with fleece for those 3
weeks or so and avoid handling the carrots you should be OK
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

"PB" wrote
My neighbour gets a paintbrush and splashes (sprints?)* paraffin along
the rows when he thins them out. He is about 75 so it can't be
deadly, he's been doing it for years.

* What do you call it when you flick the bristles of a brush?

Modern art?

--
Sue

On Mar 13, 7:16 pm, Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from PB contains these words:

judith wrote:
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?

Judith

My neighbour gets a paintbrush and splashes (sprints?)* paraffin along
the rows when he thins them out. He is about 75 so it can't be deadly,
he's been doing it for years.
* What do you call it when you flick the bristles of a brush?

'Spritz'?

--
AnneJ

"Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live Forever On Your Knees"
Dolores Ibaruri (La Passionaria)

You have been at the wine again!!

Judith

On Mar 13, 8:17 pm, "Dave Hill" wrote:
On 13 Mar, 19:29, "La Puce" wrote:





On 13 Mar, 18:46, Will Wilkinson wrote:

Not a chemical control, but my Father used to have a lot of trouble with
carrot root fly until he started using old coffee grounds a couple of
years ago. He collects the spent grounds from the coffee shop in his
local Sainsburys when he's shopping - just leaves them a clean bucket
when he goes in and collects it, full of grounds, on his way out. Then
liberally spreads the grounds round the carrot plants, it seems to work
very well - now that I've got myself an allotment I'll be trying it too.

Grown next to strong smelling onions is good too and deter the spila
as well as borrage. Also when thining, it's a good idea to do it on a
still day, so that not to attract the spila with the smell of carrots.
In the little film I shown on urg a few days ago, they did something
even better - they kept their carrots growing tight and didn't thin
well until the carrots were as big as a finger. They not only ate
these and didn't waste the thining but there's less chance for the
spila to get in there. I thought that was a brilliant idea.

Last year I've read that because of the hot and dry weather, the fly
got to potatoes too. That's very worrying!

I was taught that the carrot fly only lays its eggs around the time
that cow parsley is in flower, so if you cover with fleece for those 3
weeks or so and avoid handling the carrots you should be OK
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thank you everyone, I have printed off the lot and given them to the
Chief Gardener.

Judith

On 13 Mar 2007 13:45:38 -0700, "
wrote:

On Mar 13, 7:16 pm, Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from PB contains these words:

judith wrote:
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?

Judith

My neighbour gets a paintbrush and splashes (sprints?)* paraffin along
the rows when he thins them out. He is about 75 so it can't be deadly,
he's been doing it for years.
* What do you call it when you flick the bristles of a brush?

'Spritz'?

--
AnneJ

"Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live Forever On Your Knees"
Dolores Ibaruri (La Passionaria)

You have been at the wine again!!

Nothing new there it seems ;-)

On Mar 13, 7:48 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 13/3/07 18:47, in article , "PB"





wrote:
judith wrote:
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?

Judith

My neighbour gets a paintbrush and splashes (sprints?)* paraffin along
the rows when he thins them out. He is about 75 so it can't be deadly,
he's been doing it for years.

* What do you call it when you flick the bristles of a brush?

Stippling? Flicking? ;-))

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And you been at the decorating again!

Judith

"PB" wrote in message
...
judith wrote:
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?

Judith


My neighbour gets a paintbrush and splashes (sprints?)* paraffin along the
rows when he thins them out. He is about 75 so it can't be deadly, he's
been doing it for years.

* What do you call it when you flick the bristles of a brush?

Flecking

wrote:
On Mar 13, 8:17 pm, "Dave Hill" wrote:
On 13 Mar, 19:29, "La Puce" wrote:





On 13 Mar, 18:46, Will Wilkinson wrote:
Not a chemical control, but my Father used to have a lot of trouble with
carrot root fly until he started using old coffee grounds a couple of
years ago. He collects the spent grounds from the coffee shop in his
local Sainsburys when he's shopping - just leaves them a clean bucket
when he goes in and collects it, full of grounds, on his way out. Then
liberally spreads the grounds round the carrot plants, it seems to work
very well - now that I've got myself an allotment I'll be trying it too.
Grown next to strong smelling onions is good too and deter the spila
as well as borrage. Also when thining, it's a good idea to do it on a
still day, so that not to attract the spila with the smell of carrots.
In the little film I shown on urg a few days ago, they did something
even better - they kept their carrots growing tight and didn't thin
well until the carrots were as big as a finger. They not only ate
these and didn't waste the thining but there's less chance for the
spila to get in there. I thought that was a brilliant idea.
Last year I've read that because of the hot and dry weather, the fly
got to potatoes too. That's very worrying!
I was taught that the carrot fly only lays its eggs around the time
that cow parsley is in flower, so if you cover with fleece for those 3
weeks or so and avoid handling the carrots you should be OK
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thank you everyone, I have printed off the lot and given them to the
Chief Gardener.

Judith

Apart from the first year on virgin ground carrot fly has been the bane
of my life. Last year I managed to grow some carrots successfully in a
builders bulk bag, I assume that as I had the soil well below the lip of
the bag it kept the blighters off. However I suspect there is a chemical
cure, otherwise how do commercial growers get a successful crop?

On 13 Mar, 23:33, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)"
wrote:
Flecking

The best descriptive one. I'll vote for this )