[Digger Tom]

 I have read a lot about Carrots & the problem with carrot root fly. It seems the little blighters have trouble flying above 2 foot high so I have had a think.

 Here is my new super duper all improved carrot growing mechanism, also known as my Carrot Table. It is just 5 old pallets stacked on top of one another with some old recycling tubs on top which hold 70 litres of compost each. I figure that they should be well above the fly's flight path but just to make sure I am going to fleece them tommorow.

 This is probably not a new idea but I am kinda proud of it.






Modify - the back left tub has my leeks in it at the moment.





 

[JayG]

Great idea, although being a compulsive experimenter I'd be leaving one of the containers unprotected to see if it actually works (the only carrots I grow are in a 2'6" chimney pot and the technique almost works perfectly!)

(Glad to see I'm not the only one whose leeks look more like grass seedlings at the moment!)  

[Siouxfly]

Are they just storage boxes with holes drilled? You must keep us posted to see if it works because even I could stack a few pallets..........surely??? 

I've just sowed my carrots in a 2 foot bed and will wrap some fleece up around the sides and cross my fingers.

[Salmo]

Glad to see the Sheffield council tax payer is willing to supply boxes. At least you will be able to re-cycle the old compost and carrot tops afterwards.

[JayG]

Glad to see the Sheffield council tax payer is willing to supply boxes. At least you will be able to re-cycle the old compost and carrot tops afterwards.

Think it's Harlow council Salmo (no such generosity from Sheffield City Council - not yet anyway!) 

[Digger Tom]

Glad to see the Sheffield council tax payer is willing to supply boxes. At least you will be able to re-cycle the old compost and carrot tops afterwards.

Think it's Harlow council Salmo (no such generosity from Sheffield City Council - not yet anyway!) 

 Correct. The box's are what we used to have before we wheere forced to use wheelie bins. I just went round the neighbours & asked if they had spares.

[Digger Tom]

Great idea, although being a compulsive experimenter I'd be leaving one of the containers unprotected to see if it actually works

 Not a bad idea that, think I may try it.

[prakash_mib]

What if they can read  . change the labels to onions wink wink.
sorry its the beer!
otherwise great idea. Although I cant buy the fact that carrot fly cant fly over 2 feet. But cant they climb over 2 feet?

[PennyS]

Looks fab!
I'm going to see what recycling boxes I can purloin. I'm sure we've got 3 ourselves as we kept adding to them before we realised what we really needed was a blue bin!
We don't get bins forced on us... but the boxes were never big enough so I ended up buying another box, another box and eventually caved in and paid out another £15 for the blue bin...
 

[Digger Tom]

 Ok, I have fleeced two box's & left one au-natural as a control.

 Fingers crossed.

[Digger Tom]

 Ok here is an update on the experiment.

 All the carrots are growing although the ones under fleece seem to be fairing a bit better than the undovered ones. Probably becuase the fleece is keeping them a tiny bit warmer.