Pickled Carrots – How to Make Sure Your Carrots Are Safe from Carrot Flies
November 12th, 2009
Making pickled carrots is exciting. It will allow you to have more control on the taste and flavor of the carrots. Plus, this can be a good bonding moment with the kids as you will need all the help you can get to put all the carrots in the jars.
One very important thing to take note of when making pickled carrots is to find the best quality carrots. You can either buy one from the supermarket or plant your own, if you have a backyard garden. If you do have some carrots planted in your garden, you need to make sure that your plants are free from carrot flies.
Carrot flies are disgusting insects that damage the crop. Such flies are responsible for the brownish holes in your carrots. You can’t pickle carrots that are damaged by flies, so you need to ensure that your crop is safe from the pests. You can do that by making sure that your carrots are planted inside containers that are at least more than 2 feet higher than the ground. Here is one interesting fact: carrot flies travel close to the ground. And if a barrier is more than 2 feet high, they will not bother going over the barrier. They will just zoom past and continue their path. This leaves your carrots unharmed.
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