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Green manure- caliente mustard good for carrot root fly?

I want to sow caliente mustard as a green manure. It is a biofumigant, if you can dig it in VERY fast after crushing it. 

The reason is that I'm plagued with carrot root fly, and I've come to the conclusion that as they overwinter in the soil it certainly wouldn't hurt to try; and green manure is said to be almost as good as the real thing. 

I really want to know how long it takes to grow to the stage you can dig it in?

And does anyone have any comments about the use to get rid of the carrot root fly? I know it works for some nasties.

Hope you can help.

Lottie

Any comments 

Flowers in small pots!

The pots are quite small. How am I'm going to get reasonable sized plants with nice foliage and a good show of flowers? Do I need to fertilise, rich in phosphus (roots and shoots) and potassium (flowers). Comfrey juice? tomato fertiliser? 

How often? How much? Obviously not too much 'cause the pots are small!

Flowers in small pots!

Wildflowers sound good, but a bit difficult to organise? Have you any ideas about which, small mounds with lots of bright flowers?

Flowers in small pots!

That's still an option!

Flowers in small pots!

Thank Polly,

Oops, I did mean Eschsolzia, calfornian poppy, I think I've found some dwarf ones. I'm hoping that things will be 'bonsaied' 

Heliotrope sounds good I really like the scent. I wondered about fuscias, but perhaps they'd just look scraggy in a small pot? I thought about dwarf antirhimums, you can get those in a variety of colours, and there's campanula carpatica, which should form nice mounds of flowers.

One problem is that it's not really time for summer flowers, I'm hoping I can bring stuff on, but a bad spring... 

I knew it was a good idea to ask on this board!

Thank everyone, 

Lottie

Flowers in small pots!

Thanks Polly,

The flowers are intended as one pot per table setting. The idea is that people could take them away as a 'wedding favour'.  As far as I can see the colour scheme is 'bright'. The celebration is being held in a barn which is quite dark,  I think lots of little points of colour on the white tablecloths will look OK (?)

I have a small greenhouse, and very large polytunnel. I thonk I'll probably have to grow them outdoors. In the poly I think they'll get drawn and lanky, although I could germinate in there.

The pots are very small. only 3 inch. I think that dahlias, geraniums and fuscias might be too big. Do you think eschalonia would be OK? and how about californian poppy, -will that travel do you think? How about dwarf phlox? how dwarf do they get? I'm not sure about marigolds, I don't like the smell, and if it's actually on the table beside you it might be overpowering.

I like the idea of gerberas, but can I get small varieties, and will I have time to sow them, or should I but plugs?

Thanks everyone, 

The important thing I think is COLOUR.

Flowers in small pots!

Thanks, I hadn't got that on my list!

Flowers in small pots!

I think geums would be a little large for the pots?

Flowers in small pots!

Thanks, I hadn't got that on my list!

Flowers in small pots!

Great! thanks, i really like the lobelia idea. She wants a mixtureof bright colours, but lobelia are definately on my list now.

Lottie

Green manure- caliente mustard good for carrot root fly?

Flowers in small pots!