Showing posts with label carrot weevil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carrot weevil. Show all posts

Monday, September 18, 2023

Some carrot tops had the carrot weevil, but not many

At least I assume it's the carrot weevil which I had confirmed last year.  The tops of the affected carrots are damaged, but the rest of the carrot is fine.

Otherwise carrot harvesting is going well -- lots are a nice good size.

Monday, September 5, 2022

Carrot weevil adult found

While digging around and harvesting carrots, found an carrot weevil adult, confirming my suspicions of a few weeks ago re: the cause of the damage.

Very cute and not flying.  

A rough guess is that of the carrot harvest so far, ~35% have the weevil damage.  I'll just be sure to use those carrots up separately (and obviously toss the damaged upper parts).

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Carrot weevil damage in the upper third of a few carrots so far

Not a lot of loss from this so far.  I had noticed some carrot tops flopped over a while ago and wondered why... this must be it.

Just cut off the affected tops, the rest of the carrot parts were fine.

The weevils don't fly, so hopefully not a big deal for future years if I rotate the carrot crop enough.

Good info on this page:  http://omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/93-077.htm