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Will starting them off indoors and thinning them out indoors to one per module before planting out deter carrotfly? My reasoning is on the windowsill the fly won't be able to get up that high.
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Carrots are not keen on being transplanted , usually they are sown straight in the ground, or if you have a spare dustbin you could sow into that.S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber
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As Binley says, we don't recommend transplanting carrots, sow them where they are to grow and put a barrier over to deter carrot fly, or plant in barrels/bins.Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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It's a complete fallacy that carrot fly don't fly high. Cover with fleece or environmesh and you'll be ok.Comment
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.........or plant a few mirrors along the rows.......
S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber
You can't beat a bit of garden pornComment
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As the others have said, you can't sow carrots in modules, because the root will deform, and you need to use net/mesh against the root flyAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Cheers guys. At what point should the mesh go over? As soon as they are sown?Comment
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jfahoghnehaphjAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Originally posted by binley100 View Post.........or plant a few mirrors along the rows.......
Here we go again.........the headbanging carrot fly scenario!!
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)
Diversify & prosper
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You could possibly get away with sowing and transplanting the round or stump rooted carrots indoors.....................
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)
Diversify & prosper
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I have planted seeds in small pots, tipped the whole lot out, broke up the seedlings and planted in bunches (if that makes sense). I then thinned out as they go bigger.
They did take, and were reasonable carrots. Might have been a fluke, but I have managed to transplant.
Reason I did this was patchy germination in my straight ground sowing.Comment
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You could try the more resistant varieties like 'Flyaway'. I think there is one called 'Resistafly', unless I'm thinking of something else?!Comment
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Honestly, they don't work, unless you use them as a sacrificial crop next to your normal varieties.Originally posted by sarahspatch View Post
There are pix of my Flyaway carrots in my 2008 album: http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...resistant.htmlLast edited by Two_Sheds; 19-02-2011, 07:27 PM.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Do they stop to check their make-up and then forget where they were going?Originally posted by binley100 View Post.........or plant a few mirrors along the rows.......The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.Comment
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I was SO not going to risk saying that !!Do they stop to check their make-up and then forget where they were going?
(Actually it works because it makes them reflect endlessly upon where they want to go...)
There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.
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