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Post by AJ on Sept 17, 2011 22:11:52 GMT
Just a quick question, with my new found wealth of horse droppings and the quantity of it that I can get I was wondering if I built a raised bed for carrots would the well rotted down horse droppings and grass clippings mixture be a suitable medium for them  |
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Post by steve on Sept 17, 2011 22:42:09 GMT
It would if well rotted...say for about a year before use AJ, carrots do not like fresh manure
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Post by AJ on Sept 18, 2011 9:34:59 GMT
Thanks Steve, perfec  |
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Post by AJ on Sept 19, 2011 11:42:09 GMT
Just one more question, how high should the bed be to beat the carrot fly but also give the carrots enough room to grow downwards |
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Post by Rosie on Sept 19, 2011 11:44:38 GMT
I always had fleece over my carrots AJ, or a frame with fleece attached to it. Carrot fly are meant to fly about 18" off the ground. If your manure is too fresh the roots will fork and you'll have weird shaped carrots ;D
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Post by AJ on Sept 19, 2011 13:12:50 GMT
I always had fleece over my carrots AJ, or a frame with fleece attached to it. Carrot fly are meant to fly about 18" off the ground. If your manure is too fresh the roots will fork and you'll have weird shaped carrots ;D I have stuff that will be a year old next feb so I chance using that, and maybe with the use of fleece as well, I might get some good carrots. It's a game of chance I suppose ;D |
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Post by Tel on Sept 20, 2011 5:56:57 GMT
I always had fleece over my carrots AJ, or a frame with fleece attached to it. Carrot fly are meant to fly about off the ground. If your manure is too fresh the roots will fork and you'll have weird shaped carrots ;D I had some candle variety carrots growing in tubs last year for showing the top of the tubs were well over 4ft from the ground, so i thought they were safe from the dreaded carrot fly. They wasn't, so cover them to be on the safe side AJ |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Sept 20, 2011 6:58:13 GMT
There are carrot fly resistant carrots on the market now.
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Post by AJ on Sept 20, 2011 21:31:59 GMT
I always had fleece over my carrots AJ, or a frame with fleece attached to it. Carrot fly are meant to fly about off the ground. If your manure is too fresh the roots will fork and you'll have weird shaped carrots ;D I had some candle variety carrots growing in tubs last year for showing the top of the tubs were well over 4ft from the ground, so i thought they were safe from the dreaded carrot fly. They wasn't, so cover them to be on the safe side AJ Yep, seems to be the sensible thing to do |
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Post by AJ on Sept 20, 2011 21:33:57 GMT
I always had fleece over my carrots AJ, or a frame with fleece attached to it. Carrot fly are meant to fly about 18" off the ground. If your manure is too fresh the roots will fork and you'll have weird shaped carrots ;D It will be a year old next march, wonder should I mix some sand thru it |
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Post by AJ on Sept 20, 2011 21:36:08 GMT
There are carrot fly resistant carrots on the market now. I will probably try one of those as well, any suggestion as per a good old fashioned type carrot that tastes like carrots used to taste when we were growing up |
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