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Carrot Root Fly and Enclosed Gardens
My vegetable plot is totally enclosed by walls/fences 6' high. I've just
lifted a trial crop of carrots which are completely clean. No precautions were taken against Fly. I'm encouraged! Is this just luck or have the walls/fences done the job of keeping out the low flying pest? Thanks! Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ |
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Steve Harris wrote:
My vegetable plot is totally enclosed by walls/fences 6' high. I've just lifted a trial crop of carrots which are completely clean. No precautions were taken against Fly. I'm encouraged! Is this just luck or have the walls/fences done the job of keeping out the low flying pest? Thanks! Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ I have three foot fences, and I planted onions next to my carrots. No root fly here either! I can't claim it's scientific, but it's worked for me. -- If at first you don't succeed, give up, no use being a damn fool. |
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Steve Harris wrote:
My vegetable plot is totally enclosed by walls/fences 6' high. I've just lifted a trial crop of carrots which are completely clean. No precautions were taken against Fly. I'm encouraged! Is this just luck or have the walls/fences done the job of keeping out the low flying pest? Thanks! Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ My first crop of carrots were excellent, but the two subsequent years useless, or almost so. They were very badly damaged by carrot root fly the second year, so this year I covered them with agricultural fleece. No root fly but a very poor crop of carrots, so next year? Not sure. |
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:01:29 +0100, Broadback
wrote: Steve Harris wrote: My vegetable plot is totally enclosed by walls/fences 6' high. I've just lifted a trial crop of carrots which are completely clean. No precautions were taken against Fly. I'm encouraged! Is this just luck or have the walls/fences done the job of keeping out the low flying pest? My first crop of carrots were excellent, but the two subsequent years useless, or almost so. They were very badly damaged by carrot root fly the second year, so this year I covered them with agricultural fleece. No root fly but a very poor crop of carrots, so next year? Not sure. I can't see how the fleece would give a poor crop - I use it all the time, and have never noticed it affecting the crops negatively. Mind you, the tops of carrots are rather delicate...so maybe if there was no support for the fleece it might have restricted development? For carrot fly, it's not necessary to completely enclose the crop - just run the fleece round the bed in a 2ft high wall. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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