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Can i uncover carrots yet?

Jason CookJason Cook Posts: 139
in Fruit & veg
Hi, Does anyone know if its safe to uncover my carrots and parsnips? Someone told me once they're established they're 'safe' from carrot fly. But he wasn't sure if it was an old wives tale. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,616

    I'd keep it on.

  • snowathletesnowathlete Posts: 138

    How essential is it in a garden not close to any allotments?

  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    Carrot fly are attracted by the smell when you thin them, if you've thinned them already and they are spaced correctly, then leave for a few weeks then earth them up and then you can remove the fleece.

     

  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    I have worse trouble with carrot fly in the garden then i ever did at the allotment! Mine are under fleece, in a pot on the corner of my raised bed!

    Paranoid, me? Never!image
  • snowathletesnowathlete Posts: 138

    right, I'll definately have to get some fleece then! Will any kind of fleece do?

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    I went for years untroubled by carrot fly and no-one near me seems to grow any veg, but since it first appeared it has been an absolute menace, so I'd say better safe than sorry snowathlete!  Use horticultural fleece - it's very inexpensive eg:

    http://www.garden-netting.co.uk/acatalog/Standard_Fleece.html

    (no connection - just a random google result)

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Pound shop for me, it dosent last long tho image
  • Jason CookJason Cook Posts: 139
    Thanks guys, think ill keep it on. I haven't thinned them, planted in March so maybe they'll be too crowded. I guess I'll find out in a couple of months or so.
  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    I did splash out on enviromesh once and its still going strong more than 10 years after image
  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Fingers crossed Jasonimage
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