anything I can do to kill carrot fly offspring/worms...

glanman

My carrots have been going great but they have started to get damaged and am fearing its too late... anything I can do to get rid of the worms/larve??

Also advice for the future would be good. I was very careful with thinnings and all that but they obviously still came. A barrier/cage of net might be needed? I hate using sprays but are they the only real option??

doctor evil

How can you tell if carrots are ready to be harvested?

I think companion plants like Marigolds are meant to be useful against carrot fly.

simonj

Plant onions with carrots in future

This time out try garlic spray

glanman

doctor evil wrote: »

How can you tell if carrots are ready to be harvested?

I think companion plants like Marigolds are meant to be useful against carrot fly.

Pull up a carrot and see if it is big enough for you to use....

glanman

simonj wrote: »

Plant onions with carrots in future

This time out try garlic spray

I have heard the onions one, wil do that next time. Will the garlic spray leave a lasting flavour on the carrots and should I be spraying multiple times???

fodda

Carrot fly info here

http://grow-your-own.ie/carrotpests.html

http://www.garden.ie/gardeningtroubles.aspx?id=629

http://www.quickcrop.ie/plantdetail.php?id=carrot

http://www.bigtreeallotments.ie/common_pests.html

One thing i thought of but dont know if it would work but i see why not is....Go to greengrocers and get their throw away onions which they cant sell and chop them up and place them in open boxes or in hanging bags all around your carrots in the months that the fly is active. Saves buying anything then doesnt it?.......probably get swamped with clouds of onion flies:D

simonj

Another thing that will help is SuperNemo

The garlic spray will just wash ff, as with normal food produce