Maincrop carrot with fly resistance?

upthetump · « **on:** May 10, 2011, 20:28 »

last year i grew early nantes in a drum 3 feet high and autumn king in drums about 2'6" high. the nantes were fine , absolutely flawless, but the autumn king were riddled with fly

. i have read today that autumn king are probably the most susceptible of all carrots to fly

. i was planning to grow them this year about a metre off the ground but now not sure. is there a fly resistant variety available that will stay in the ground as long as autumn king as i want to pick them fresh on Christmas day?

many thanks for replies

Yorkie · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2011, 21:06 »

There are no varieties which are guaranteed not to be affected by carrot fly, I think. Your best bet is to choose an appropriate variety which will last until the end of the year (the C word is banned here until December

), and cover with enviromesh or similarly small mesh to prevent the fly getting through.

fatbelly · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2011, 21:19 »

Last year Enviromesh was the only thing that kept my carrots free of the ***.

Ice · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2011, 21:29 »

Have you tried Resistafly? It's a Nantes variety that will crop in december.
http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/carrot-resistafly-seeds-pid2299.html

upthetump · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2011, 23:46 »

will investigate, anyone think autumn king will survive planted 1m high with fleece protection?

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