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  • Carrot Fly any body heard of this method of getting rid of them.

    I was surfing the net and found this not sure if it works but amused me

    Apparently the female carrot fly is the problem. She flies along the rows of carrots at a height of about 2 inches above soil level with a territory length of one meter.

    Before she is ready to lay any eggs she flies up and down her patch viciously attacking any other carrot root flies that might infiltrate her patch.

    So all you need to do is use old bits of mirrors placed back to back at one yard intervals along the rows and the female carrot root fly will – incredibly - attack her own reflection and continue the attack until she dies and falls to the ground. !!!!!!!!.
    http://ivansfruitandveg.blogspot.com/

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    Originally posted by Tractor Boys View Post
    .... attack her own reflection and continue the attack until she dies and falls to the ground. !!!!!!!!.
    awwww - I know, I know - but still awwwww
    aka
    Suzie

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    • #3
      they must be blonde!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by chrismarks View Post
        they must be blonde!
        *sharp intake of breath.........you maybe skating on thin ice there methinks
        You'll come a cropper.........oh you already have
        Last edited by binley100; 18-06-2010, 12:23 PM.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by josephine
          Personally I usually just sow carrots with onions - as I thought they hunted by scent, not by sight!!
          Well, that definitely didn't work round my garden last year. I now have an enviromesh tunnel. I thinks there's lots of healthy carrots in there somewhere, although it's hard to say amongst all the weeds. I think I'm going to have to be brave enough to lift the netting at some point... Maybe after first distributing a number of mirrors about the garden!
          Last edited by jacob; 18-06-2010, 12:26 PM.
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