Hi All

This year I am planning to sow carrots in tall drums, mainly to try and keep
them pest free.
Can anybody recommend a soil/compost mix to grow them in?
Thanks in advance

Anthony

I just used the peat free grow bags from B&Q and Homebase and they turned
out lovely. I grew onions near mine last year and that seemed to help keep
the pests down to a minimum.

Donna

"Anthony" wrote in message
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Hi All

This year I am planning to sow carrots in tall drums, mainly to try and
keep them pest free.
Can anybody recommend a soil/compost mix to grow them in?
Thanks in advance

Anthony

Donna (UK) wrote:
I just used the peat free grow bags from B&Q and Homebase and they turned
out lovely. I grew onions near mine last year and that seemed to help keep
the pests down to a minimum.

Donna

"Anthony" wrote in message
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Hi All

This year I am planning to sow carrots in tall drums, mainly to try and
keep them pest free.
Can anybody recommend a soil/compost mix to grow them in?
Thanks in advance

Anthony



As I have written before the only success I have had to keep root fly
away from carrots was growing them in a builders bulk bag. That I 2/3rds
filled with a mix of soil and well rotted leaf mould.

On 27 Mar, 07:42, "Donna \(UK\)" wrote:
I just used the peat free grow bags from B&Q and Homebase and they turned
out lovely. I grew onions near mine last year and that seemed to help keep
the pests down to a minimum.

So true - this year I'm trying chives around carrots. Because the
onions are supposed to be stronger when young, mine have been in since
feb and by the time I do carrots (end April) my onions are not so
young and therefore not strong smelling to repel the psila. The chives
will be prettier too, with their blue flowers. I've got a clump at the
base of our rose, and it's astonishing the reduction of flies and
especially black spots it has made.

On 27 Mar 2007 08:06:00 -0700, La Puce wrote:

On 27 Mar, 07:42, "Donna \(UK\)" wrote:
I just used the peat free grow bags from B&Q and Homebase and they turned
out lovely. I grew onions near mine last year and that seemed to help keep
the pests down to a minimum.

So true - this year I'm trying chives around carrots. Because the
onions are supposed to be stronger when young, mine have been in since
feb and by the time I do carrots (end April) my onions are not so
young and therefore not strong smelling to repel the psila. The chives
will be prettier too, with their blue flowers. I've got a clump at the
base of our rose, and it's astonishing the reduction of flies and
especially black spots it has made.

Spring onions work. Leaving any thinnings lying helps too.
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
http://www.jimscott.co.uk

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On 27 Mar 2007 08:06:00 -0700, La Puce wrote:

On 27 Mar, 07:42, "Donna \(UK\)" wrote:
I just used the peat free grow bags from B&Q and Homebase and they
turned
out lovely. I grew onions near mine last year and that seemed to help
keep
the pests down to a minimum.

So true - this year I'm trying chives around carrots. Because the
onions are supposed to be stronger when young, mine have been in since
feb and by the time I do carrots (end April) my onions are not so
young and therefore not strong smelling to repel the psila. The chives
will be prettier too, with their blue flowers. I've got a clump at the
base of our rose, and it's astonishing the reduction of flies and
especially black spots it has made.

Spring onions work. Leaving any thinnings lying helps too.
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
http://www.jimscott.co.uk

Thank you all for your ideas and advice.

I have also received this information from the father of a workmate.

"For Exhibition long carrots grow in:-
one garden barrow of soil
quarter barrow of fine sand
half barrow of multi purpose compost
mix well"
This info came from a seed packet.

Thanks again
Anthony

La Puce wrote:

On 27 Mar, 07:42, "Donna \(UK\)" wrote:
I just used the peat free grow bags from B&Q and Homebase and they turned
out lovely. I grew onions near mine last year and that seemed to help keep
the pests down to a minimum.

So true - this year I'm trying chives around carrots. Because the
onions are supposed to be stronger when young, mine have been in since
feb and by the time I do carrots (end April) my onions are not so
young and therefore not strong smelling to repel the psila. The chives
will be prettier too, with their blue flowers.

Blue flowers? I've only ever seen pink ones on chives. Is it a special
variety or are they like hydrangeas and the colour varies with the ph of
the soil ?

--
Carol
"Never trust a man wearing leather shorts and a plastic dressing gown"
- Spray, "The Dangerous Sports Club"