As a gardener of many years and a rather large allotment to look after.
I have covered my plot with raised beds a lot of hard work but it is working
the yeild of all crops is fantastic ,and less weeding.
However for every success there are failures.This year my carrots have got
infected by carrot fly,not to bad to make them unedable but I will be
raising all carrots that are good size and blanching them prior to freezing.
No I did not cover my crop with fleece this year,
Has anybody got any ideas if it is worth treating the bed with any pesticide
to try and kill some of these pests?

I will be covering them next year.

Peter

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:32:27 +0100, Peter Donovan wrote:

As a gardener of many years and a rather large allotment to look after.
I have covered my plot with raised beds

Are those raised beds made of wood?

Yes all treated wood.
Derek
"Derek Turner" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:32:27 +0100, Peter Donovan wrote:

As a gardener of many years and a rather large allotment to look after.
I have covered my plot with raised beds

Are those raised beds made of wood?

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:59:00 +0100, Peter Donovan wrote:

Yes all treated wood.

OK (BTW we bottom-post in this ng) then all you need do is surround the
bed with a barrier 18inches high: carrot-fly don't fly higher than 13"
off the ground. Some 2-foot laths nailed to the beds and some fine
netting wrapped round should do the trick (and act as a wind-break too).
No need to cover.

I grow my carrots in old bath tubs full of compost and raised on bricks,
never fails.

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Mark Hamer
www.another-way.co.uk

I don't want to arrive at my grave in an attractive and well preserved body,
hopefully I will be skidding in
sideways, Gin and Tonic in one hand -- Cigar in the other screaming YAHAAAY!

"Derek Turner" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:59:00 +0100, Peter Donovan wrote:

Yes all treated wood.

OK (BTW we bottom-post in this ng) then all you need do is surround the
bed with a barrier 18inches high: carrot-fly don't fly higher than 13"
off the ground. Some 2-foot laths nailed to the beds and some fine
netting wrapped round should do the trick (and act as a wind-break too).
No need to cover.

I tell a lie, I have just been down to the lottie and pulled some carrots
for dinner, guess what... First time ever ... Carrot fly.

I'm guessing that the recent downpours have caused the foliage to fall and
the carrot fly have been able to reach it. I will tie it all up nexy year.

--
Mark Hamer
www.another-way.co.uk

I don't want to arrive at my grave in an attractive and well preserved body,
hopefully I will be skidding in
sideways, Gin and Tonic in one hand -- Cigar in the other screaming YAHAAAY!

"Hamer Family" wrote in message
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I tell a lie, I have just been down to the lottie and pulled some carrots
for dinner, guess what... First time ever ... Carrot fly.

I'm guessing that the recent downpours have caused the foliage to fall and
the carrot fly have been able to reach it. I will tie it all up nexy year.

There is a variety of carrot seed called Flyaway, I think T&M as well as
other suppliers sell it.

I wonder if it is cheaper to use lace curtain remnants from fabric shops
rather than fleece, which is quite expensive. Where I worked, on a farm,
they used small mesh (i.e. 2 mm) netting to protect the carrots, but that
was on an industrial scale.

someone