How many different varieties of carrot root fly resistant seeds do people know of noawadays?
There is a rumour that they do not taste as nice as the non-resistant varieties. What do people think?
None.
If you mean alleged resistant, that's another question ;)
I was born in "carrot country" (the Fens of East Anglia). The farmers had a simple deterrent for carrot root fly. They dragged a sack soaked with paraffin over the tops of the carrots. Paraffin will kill many plants but carrots and groundsel are immune to it. On the forestry nursery we used to spray paraffin as a weed killer but it didn't affect groundsel and only set back slightly the thistles.
I have grown one - I think it was called Flyaway. I can understand the carrot fly not being that attracted to it, as it didn't taste much like a carrot to me either. I grow carrots every year with varying success, but I shant grow resistant ones again, unless I hear glowing reports from growers rather than seedsmen. ;)
All the best
Sue
Quote from: darkbrowneggs on April 03, 2011, 09:25:25
I have grown one - I think it was called Flyaway. I can understand the carrot fly not being that attracted to it, as it didn't taste much like a carrot to me either. I grow carrots every year with varying success, but I shant grow resistant ones again, unless I hear glowing reports from growers rather than seedsmen. ;)
All the best
Sue
My Father used to say that they used to hang hessian sacks that had been soaked in creosote to deter carrot and onion fly.
Quote from: RSJK on April 03, 2011, 13:35:08
My Father used to say that they used to hang hessian sacks that had been soaked in creosote to deter carrot and onion fly.
As you can't buy creosote now I don't that is a viable proposition, in any case, make sure you don't get it on the carrots if you have any creosote in stock, as I don't think they would withstand that.
I have grown flyaway and didn't rate the taste much. They did seem a bit resistant, but they still got the fly. I use enviromesh and think it is really worth the investment!
Quote from: Larkshall on April 03, 2011, 14:50:37
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As you can't buy creosote now I don't that is a viable proposition, in any case, make sure you don't get it on the carrots if you have any creosote in stock, as I don't think they would withstand that.
I am lucky ( I think ) that i have about 20 litres of the old stuff left from quite a few years ago.
Did try soaking sacks in it last year on my onions and it did seem to work, i let the sacks dry off before i hung them on sticks placed at about 3 yard intervals.