Carrots growing high above the ground in a container built into a pallet forming the wall of a compost heap, to avoid carrot root fly.

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Carrot root fly tends to fly near to the ground, so by sowing carrots at a height you can reduce the risk of damage by maggots. In this case a series of containers have been incorporated at the top of the wooden pallet walls of an allotment compost heap.

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Size: 5960px × 3666px
Location: England,. UK
Photo credit: © Washington Imaging / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: allotment, avoid, avoiding, britain, british, carrot, carrots, container, england, english, europe, fly, garden, gb, great, growing, height, kingdom, root, uk, united