hi plant the seeds on a slightly raised bed to try to combat carrot fly.the farmer near us never sets carrots in the same field for six years.good luck.

Carrot rot fly is a pest with vertigo. Any barrier a couple of feet high around your carrots will protect them as the root fly stays lower than this.

Thank you. Next year the carrots will be in the beds that have potatoes this year so hopefully nice and broken up by then and this year I will just have to do my best - thanks for all the carrot fly advice - very appreciated.