Topic: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)

[Sparkly]

We have huge bed of great carrots!!! Not found any fly damage yet. Invested in some enviromesh and it has done the job. Wahoo!!  ;D ;D ;D Am chuffed to bits!

[Digeroo]

Well done.  Success is such a great feeling.

[Lottiman]

Sparkly, great news about your carrots.  I to invested in some mesh this year after trying just about everything else, results are looking very good.  It seems for me mesh is the only way to win the war against the demon fly.

[Sparkly]

Thanks guys. We have used fleece before and it did seem to help, but we still ended up with the dreaded fly!

[pigeonseed]

congratulations! Photo?  :)

[betula]

GGGGGGGrrrrrrrrrr.................mine are only little,their orange tops peeping out the ground suggest great things..........but they are not ???

[Sparkly]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SXMv2XhorB4/TGwH8oYSaWI/AAAAAAAAAg0/n001Me_8aXk/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG

 ;D ;D ;D

[lincsyokel2]

i tried doing mine in a bath full of multipurpose compost (needed 9 bags) mixed with two bags of dried farm manure.

worked a treat.

[Ninnyscrops.]

GGGGGGGrrrrrrrrrr.................mine are only little,their orange tops peeping out the ground suggest great things..........but they are not ???

Their little bare shoulders shouldn't be showing Den, earth 'em up or you'll have nice green shoulders  ;)

Ninny

[betula]

You are quite right Ninns..I will attend to it   ;D

[caroline7758]

Well done! Growing in dustbins has worked well for me, but you'd need a lot of dustbins to grow as many as you you can get in a bed.

[lincsyokel2]

Well done! Growing in dustbins has worked well for me, but you'd need a lot of dustbins to grow as many as you you can get in a bed.

thats why i use a glass fibre bath. Better surface area to compost volume ratio

[electric landlady]

Well done!

I asked for Enviromesh for Christmas (yes my family did think I was a bit mad) and it's brilliant stuff.