Adventures in growing edibles veganically in a small townhouse backyard in Ottawa, Canada. (veganic since ~2021)
Monday, September 18, 2023
Some carrot tops had the carrot weevil, but not many
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