[MoreWhisky]

Built a lovely raised bed today    main reason was for my carrots.

Its ended up bigger than i need for carrots so have half the be left. so im needing advice on whats best to share it with?

cheers

[hindy]

Hi MoreWhisky

Without a doubt share it with onions. The two combined together keep carrot fly away.

[MoreWhisky]

Hi Hindy, thats what i was hoping to hear. My first thought was spring onions as i already have all my sets in.

Cheers

[Adrian]

Although there's theories about onions deterring carrot fly, I think at best the jury's out. Personally I'd go for a physical barrier (fleece, enviromesh, builder's debris netting, etc.)

If you're using crop rotation, it's easier not to mix roots and alliums. You could share the carrot bed with other roots, like parsnip and beetroot, or those things that can go anywhere, like lettuce, spinach, etc. Or maybe something like courgette?

Cheers,

Adrian

[corynsboy]

More carrots.  And bung on some fleece to ward off the fly! 

[MoreWhisky]

plan on using envromesh  round the raised bed, onions and occasional marigold . Surely my carrots are now protected enough?

[Babstreefern]

Can't have enough carrots - onions does mask the smell of carrot; and what about parsnip? - add "more whisky" - that'll keep the pesky carrot fly off

[digalotty]

i would go with onions personally

[iwantanallotment]

If your sets are already in morewhisky, you could divide the space between a variety - ie spring onions, leeks, chives, garlic (although these won't be as good as October planted garlic), shallots or maybe a different kind of onion too, ie red or white?
Just a thought. But as Adrian said, it doesn't make rotation as simple, having 2 different types in the same bed.
Ooooh but how lovely, to have spare space to fill...I'm jealous 

[jennyb]

a year without onions (first year) i had bad carrot fly - got my parsnips 2.

2nd i interplnted carrots and parsnips with onions,  repeated last year due to complete lack of carrot fly and plans are the same again this year.


supposedly leeks and garlic work the same being from the similar families.