Why Did Not The Onion Protect The Carrots?

We answer the questions of our readers.

– Sow the onions, as expected, through the carrot row, but the carrot fly severely damaged the shoots. Why did not the protection work?

All because you sowed onions with carrots at the same time. As a result, the carrot in 14-18 days has risen and has grown, and the onion gave only a few feathers. As a result, the garden smelled of carrots only and attracted a carrot fly.

The fact is that the onion does not destroy the fly, but only deceives it, creating the impression that the onion bed. If carrots develop better than onions, the pests perceive it as carrots.

Therefore, if you want to get rid of the carrot fly, plant the onions a half to two weeks earlier. And if you want to avoid both carrot and onion flies – make during sowing Bazudin, Pochin, Mukhoed and other soil insecticides. Then there is no need to mask the beds.