If landings of carrots have been damaged by carrot fly, then it is necessary to remember, as in the future, she will not leave ""possession"" without fight. Therefore gardeners should prepare for fight in advance that the insatiable fly has not got harvest.
Carrot fly - gluttonous harmful insect. Especially annoys in damp warm years. In kitchen garden damages generally cultural plants of family umbrella or celery. The most widespread and grown-up cultures is carrots (main culture), parsley, parsnip, celery, fennel. Therefore it is necessary to begin protective measures even before crops.
- Crop rotation it is necessary to observe and try to alternate all cultures of this family.
- To be on friendly terms with family onions (onions, garlic), tomatoes and to grow up them nearby. The pungent smells such plants well ""force down"" insects.
- Crops, especially carrots to carry out to early spring terms.
- It is necessary to grow up carrots on the solar, well blown beds. The carrot fly loves shady and damp places and dense landings.
- It is necessary to thin out plants at emergence 2-3 leaves, without leaving the defective plants on bed not to attract with smell carrot fly.
- To apply dusting of landings by odorous substances and to disorient wreckers other smells. For example, to strew beds several times a week and after rain (watering) with the crushed wormwood, ground pepper, mustard, tobacco mix, ashes. To spray on leaves with infusions of onions, garlic, tomatoes. It is possible to use water infusion of liquid smoke.
- After rain and watering to loosen and mulch landings by bank coarse-grained sand or peat.
- To keep landings clean, to weed weed plants.
- To use ukryvny materials at cultivation of carrots (spunbond, lutrasit, etc.)
- Harvesting, it is not necessary to leave the remains of plants on beds. To carry out autumn redigging of the soil with upturning of the soil that remained larvae of carrot fly in pochva as little as possible.
Especially damaged grades and cultures
The most damaged grades of carrots are sortotip Nantes, Shantane, the having root crops juicy and sweet. The fly visits carrots grades with long root crops less often. Growing up parsnip, root parsley, daikon it is necessary to provide protection of harvest against harmful carrot fly.
Carrots grade resistant to damages by carrot fly
The hybrid removed by selectors with resistance to damages by carrot fly - Nantik Rezistaflay F1. It is the grade of early maturing (80-90 days) which is completely submerged in the soil, sweet, juicy, with small core. Length of root crops the 16-18th, is used fresh and stored. Leaves contain a little chlorogenic acid and therefore attract females of carrot fly a little.