growing carrots

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growing carrots
« on: March 25, 2009, 17:27 »
hi can any body tell me if i mix a bit of sand with my soil will this stop the carrot worms or what ever eats them?
i got told so but i am not to shure?
thanks best regards liam :D
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Re: growing carrots
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2009, 17:31 »
Nope - It won't  :(

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Re: growing carrots
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2009, 17:33 »
It will (hopefully) make them grow nice and straight if there are no stones in there, thats why its recommended, but it wont keep that naughty fly away
"I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is, you'll agree, a certain je ne sais quoi oh so very special about a firm young carrot" Withnail and I

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Re: growing carrots
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2009, 17:49 »
The only way is to cover the crop with fleece, or put a polythene fence around them, at least 24" high. The "worm" is the larva of the carrot root fly.

I sometimes wonder where folk get this sort of information from. :mad:
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?


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