Re: Root Maggot

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• Subject: Re: Root Maggot
• From: J* S* <g*@CDSNET.NET>
• Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:35:45 -0800

At 01:12 PM 2/19/97 -0800, you wrote:
>     I treated the area with wood ash and replanted radishes, but the
>maggots were still there.  Does anyone have any suggestions??  I'm
>not sure of the zone I am in, but I live in Seattle WA.
>Thanks for any help you can provide.

Julie,
Floating row covers to a good job of controlling root maggots.  Put them on
early in the season and seal down around the edges with soil.  It keeps the
parent flies from laying eggs at the base of plants.
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