[oggy]

Hi all

Have been trying to grow good carrots for 3 yrs ...pots 3 ft in the air....boxes covered in fleece.....but have not beaten the fly....any one got a proven system ....is the carrot fly seasonal...is there a particular planting cycle ? any help would be good

Regards

Oggy

[DD.]

Hi oggy, welcome to the forums. Perhaps you'd be so kind as to pop your location in your profile, as it can help in answering a lot of questions.

This link can help in giving you an insight into the timings:

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problem-solving/garden-pests-carrot-fly

Personally, in the past, I have tried polythene barriers with reasonable success, certainly far better than the year I skipped 6 barrow loads, but have found complete success in using "Enviromesh".

[aelf]

This is the first year I have had success with carrots, and it is because I grew them in a trough stacked on breeze blocks so that the top of the trough is 5 feet off the ground.

Perfect carrots 

[AndyRVTR]

Well after last years disaster with carrot fly, I planted all mine in council kerb-it bins in my back garden, no where near any allotments and they were all perfect... not a single problem with any of them... 

[Digger Tom]

 I did this and they seem to be doing fine.