When planting carrots you should try to protect them from their main pest, the carrot root fly (Psila rosae). These small black flies (8mm in length) lay eggs in the soil near carrots with larvae emerging to feed about a week later.
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Manure
Since the plots at Farnborough Road are all fairly new, we have been digging in copious quantities of well rotted horse manure. Thus far we have been driving to a stables in Whitehill and filling a trailer at a time. The manure is free (come and collect as much as you want) and is well [...]
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