Carrot Fly Protection

[Snadger]

I find that my Milan Turnips and Swedes suffer most from flea beetle as opposed to Root Fly.

All my turnips get attacked by flee beetle (they normally grow out of it though!) but I've had one or two swedes with cabbage root fly predation!
Did I read somewhere about hoovering flee beetle or dragging something over the plants that they stick to? Maybe not? May have been white fly come to think of it!

[coreopsis]

A while ago I read an article in Wikipedia which says that ground elder is from carrot family.So if I have ground elder in the garden does it attract carrot fly as well or not?

[TEB]

All my turnips get attacked by flee beetle (they normally grow out of it though!) but I've had one or two swedes with cabbage root fly predation!
Did I read somewhere about hoovering flee beetle or dragging something over the plants that they stick to? Maybe not? May have been white fly come to think of it!

Bob Flowerdew suggests smearing treacle on some cardboard and wave it just above the leaves, the disturbed flea beetle leaps up and sticks to the treacle

[Getoffmylande]

A lot of advice here and one of the best bits is to cover them with fleece if you are not raising the beds. Also when weeding the area make sure that the carrots are not exposed to the air. In some ways earthing up just a small amount helps them too.