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Title: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: Sparkly on August 20, 2010, 18:15:55
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!
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: Digeroo on August 20, 2010, 18:21:04
Well done.  Success is such a great feeling.
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: Lottiman on August 20, 2010, 18:50:56
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.
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: Sparkly on August 20, 2010, 20:52:31
Thanks guys. We have used fleece before and it did seem to help, but we still ended up with the dreaded fly!
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Post by: pigeonseed on August 20, 2010, 20:56:00
congratulations! Photo?  :)
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: betula on August 20, 2010, 20:59:28
GGGGGGGrrrrrrrrrr.................mine are only little,their orange tops peeping out the ground suggest great things..........but they are not ???
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: Sparkly on August 20, 2010, 22:10:39
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SXMv2XhorB4/TGwH8oYSaWI/AAAAAAAAAg0/n001Me_8aXk/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG

;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: lincsyokel2 on August 20, 2010, 22:20:15
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.
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on August 20, 2010, 22:32:35
Quote from: betula on August 20, 2010, 20:59:28
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
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: betula on August 21, 2010, 08:54:07
You are quite right Ninns..I will attend to it   ;D
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: caroline7758 on August 21, 2010, 09:31:57
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.
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: lincsyokel2 on August 21, 2010, 14:27:52
Quote from: caroline7758 on August 21, 2010, 09:31:57
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
Title: Re: carrots just had to share as i am feeling rather smug :)
Post by: electric landlady on August 26, 2010, 00:38:54
Well done!

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