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I have noticed that some of the foliage of my carrots has a pink tinge. The carrots are growing fine and look ok. Does this pink tinge mean anything as I have never seen it before and cant find anything wrong with the carrots
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It could mean carrot fly. -
I agree with Capsid, usually a sign of carrot fly!
Pull a few and you'll sharp tell!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
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Well I never knew that!~I just thought it was part of the natural process(although with my carrots carrot fly tends to be part of the natural proccess also!!)the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.
Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xxComment
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They can take on various colours as they age without carrot fly being present, but it is worth checking.
I have a little "purpleness" on some of mine but they are perfectly healthy - I am pulling them regularly.Comment
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If the whole row has taken on the same colours then it is more likely to be the growing conditions but if you have a healthy row with the odd bit of discolouration it is more likely to be the carrot root fly.
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you lot are lucky to have some to go at lol(i did have 2 x 20 ft rows,that was until the hot weather and badgers
,even covered up with scaffold netting the little xxxxx draged it up the path and had a dig and a munch,about 2 thirds were devastated,so yesterday,i dug up the rest,they are now in the freezer,they also keep having a go at the sweet corn and spudz{i know that it's their favourit grub,worst luck}and they have a sett not to far away,so i spent the whole afternoon constructing a strong wooden frame 11x10 aprox,with nails top and bottom to hang the scaffold netting on as well as the top to keep the pigeons out,i got home 7:30 pm,if they got in last night then nothing more i can do,not able to get down yet today,
Last edited by lottie dolly; 17-07-2008, 10:50 AM.sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these
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Rotten luck with the badgers, Lottie dolly.
If it's any consolation, foxes sat on my spring cabbages and squashed them!Comment
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I think you've got carrot root flyComment
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it could be aphidsmy plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ
hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot betterComment
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