Carrot Root Fly maggots found!

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MichelleC

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Carrot Root Fly maggots found!
« on: July 04, 2011, 08:57 »
Harvsted a few early nantes carrots and found the maggot just starting its feeding frenzy. It hasn't managed to get any further into the carrot. Should I pull up the rest before more damage is done? Also is there a difference between the cabbage root maggot and this?   

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Re: Carrot Root Fly maggots found!
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2011, 09:05 »
Time to look up some carrot recipes (as I think you've guessed the problem doesn't get better the longer you leave them.)

Carrot fly and cabbage root fly are different beasties; carrot fly is best prevented by either growing your carrots with a 3' barrier around them or the whole crop at a similar height above the surrounding ground because the flies are actually rather poor fliers. Covering with Enviromesh is probably the most foolproof solution.
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