Comments on: How to avoid carrot fly http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/ news, reviews, hints and tips on vegetable gardening, fruit growing and herbs. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:06:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Top Veg » Blog Archive » Grow Carrot Fly Free Varieties in the Vegetable Garden http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-4650 Top Veg » Blog Archive » Grow Carrot Fly Free Varieties in the Vegetable Garden Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:22:54 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-4650 [...] are several practices a gardener can adopt to avoid carrot fly. If the carrot fly are a problem, the larvae eat into the root of the carrot and eventually destroy [...] […] are several practices a gardener can adopt to avoid carrot fly. If the carrot fly are a problem, the larvae eat into the root of the carrot and eventually destroy […]

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-1613 TopVeg Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:26:48 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-1613 Cynthia Thanks for your comment on TopVeg. I wonder when you plant the carrots? There are definitely two periods in the UK summer when the carrot fly hatch - & attack! You could well be uncovering you carrots in a 'safe period'. It is important to remove all smells of 'carrot digging' - take leaves & any discarded carrots right away from the carrot bed, otherwise the carrot fly will home-in on the smell! Thanks for visiting TopVeg Cynthia

Thanks for your comment on TopVeg. I wonder when you plant the carrots? There are definitely two periods in the UK summer when the carrot fly hatch - & attack! You could well be uncovering you carrots in a ’safe period’.

It is important to remove all smells of ‘carrot digging’ - take leaves & any discarded carrots right away from the carrot bed, otherwise the carrot fly will home-in on the smell!

Thanks for visiting
TopVeg

]]> By: Cynthia Sandberg http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-1612 Cynthia Sandberg Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:33:51 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-1612 I keep my carrot beds covered immediately after sowing, and have found that I can remove the cover once the carrots reach a decent size. I don't know if the fly leaves the larger carrots alone, or if something else is going on. Also, I did not know about the 2 foot barrier. I'll try that! I keep my carrot beds covered immediately after sowing, and have found that I can remove the cover once the carrots reach a decent size. I don’t know if the fly leaves the larger carrots alone, or if something else is going on. Also, I did not know about the 2 foot barrier. I’ll try that!

]]> By: Top Veg » Blog Archive » Signs of Carrot Fly in the Vegetable Garden. http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-1380 Top Veg » Blog Archive » Signs of Carrot Fly in the Vegetable Garden. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:19:40 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-1380 [...] Click the link for information on how to avoid carrot fly. [...] […] Click the link for information on how to avoid carrot fly. […]

]]> By: Top Veg » Blog Archive » Container Grown Carrots Avoid Carrot Fly. http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-463 Top Veg » Blog Archive » Container Grown Carrots Avoid Carrot Fly. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:54:34 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-463 [...] Carrot fly travel close to the ground, and a barrier 2 foot high will interupt their flight path, forcing the fly to take another route.  If carrots are planted in a container at least 2 foot off the ground, the carrot flies will just zoom past the side of the container, and not bother the carrots growing inside. [...] […] Carrot fly travel close to the ground, and a barrier 2 foot high will interupt their flight path, forcing the fly to take another route.  If carrots are planted in a container at least 2 foot off the ground, the carrot flies will just zoom past the side of the container, and not bother the carrots growing inside. […]

]]> By: Top Veg » Blog Archive » How to Thin Carrots in the Vegetable Garden. http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-432 Top Veg » Blog Archive » How to Thin Carrots in the Vegetable Garden. Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:17:38 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/01/22/how-to-avoid-carrot-fly/#comment-432 [...] Thin carrots on a dry, still evening so that the smell does not attract the carrot fly. Another post discusses how to avoid carrot fly. [...] […] Thin carrots on a dry, still evening so that the smell does not attract the carrot fly. Another post discusses how to avoid carrot fly. […]

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