Carrot fly? - some flies seen under enviromesh

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Carrot fly? - some flies seen under enviromesh
« on: May 14, 2012, 21:26 »
I built the tunnel with enviromesh over my carrot rows and stupidly did not ensure that all the mesh is secured on the sides  :(. I found on Saturday a few flies on the inside and I am just feeling very demotivated about it all.
What do you think I should do? Abandon the patch and start again? The carrots have not germinated yet... Any advice gratefully appreciated :).

On top of everything I saw today that there are these brown patches on the side of the mesh and it has been ripped (does not looks like it was caused by the bricks though) :(.

*Edited title as really need help with this...

« Last Edit: May 15, 2012, 17:47 by Dora5 »

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Re: Carrot fly? - some flies seen under enviromesh
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2012, 19:38 »
I wouldn't abandon the patch yet - you've no idea whether the flies were carrot flies, for a start  :)
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: Carrot fly? - some flies seen under enviromesh
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2012, 19:41 »
Carrot flies are quite distinctive with orange-ish legs.



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Re: Carrot fly? - some flies seen under enviromesh
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2012, 20:01 »
I wouldn't abandon the patch yet - you've no idea whether the flies were carrot flies, for a start  :)

OK. Thank you :)

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Re: Carrot fly? - some flies seen under enviromesh
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2012, 20:03 »
and they are quite small too, so often go unnoticed, so the ones you saw could be anything.

Probably all is well  :unsure:
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Re: Carrot fly? - some flies seen under enviromesh
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2012, 20:09 »
Carrot flies are quite distinctive with orange-ish legs.

Thank you Aunt Sally. I did check on google for an image and it looked somewhat darker that's why I panicked. However, comparing the fly to the pic you have posted, they were all dark brown and evenly coloured.
I will go tomorrow to remove the very few weeds that have appeared and replace the mesh very securely :).

(From very depressed to very happy  :lol:)

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Re: Carrot fly? - some flies seen under enviromesh
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2012, 20:10 »
and they are quite small too, so often go unnoticed, so the ones you saw could be anything.

Probably all is well  :unsure:

I am sure all is well now ;). They were quite big...  :unsure:


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