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Flea Beetle remedy anyone?
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| Bertie Doe 2007-04-23, 9:25 am |
| For the last 2 seasons, the flea beetle has ravaged most of my tender leaf
veg - even the leaves of my horseradish plants, looked like a swiss cheese
plant.
I've tried liquid deris, but to no effect. I'm prepared to try something a
bit stronger, so any ideas would be appreciated. TIA.
Bertie
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| adder1969 2007-04-23, 9:25 am |
| On Apr 23, 12:41 pm, "Bertie Doe" <montebrasi...@ntl.com> wrote:
> For the last 2 seasons, the flea beetle has ravaged most of my tender leaf
> veg - even the leaves of my horseradish plants, looked like a swiss cheese
> plant.
> I've tried liquid deris, but to no effect. I'm prepared to try something a
> bit stronger, so any ideas would be appreciated. TIA.
> Bertie
I used a general bug killer spray (that said it worked for flee
beetle) and that worked for me. Wasn't sure about what it'd do to the
veg but the stuff didn't grow anyway.
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| Bob Hobden 2007-04-23, 1:25 pm |
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"Bertie Doe" wrote ...
> For the last 2 seasons, the flea beetle has ravaged most of my tender leaf
> veg - even the leaves of my horseradish plants, looked like a swiss cheese
> plant.
> I've tried liquid deris, but to no effect. I'm prepared to try something a
> bit stronger, so any ideas would be appreciated. TIA.
We grow all our brassicas at home in Rootrainers and plant them out when
they are well grown that way they seem big enough to cope with a light
infection although I have resorted to Polysect on occasion when it's very
bad. Like last year.
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| Bertie Doe 2007-04-24, 9:25 am |
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"Bob Hobden"wrote in message >
> We grow all our brassicas at home in Rootrainers and plant them out when
> they are well grown that way they seem big enough to cope with a light
> infection although I have resorted to Polysect on occasion when it's very
> bad. Like last year.
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Thanks Bob, I'll look out for Polysect and give it a try. I get my brassica
plugs from a local farmer, so no probs with the larger veg. My flea beetles
attack the salad leaved type veg, although they avoid my Webs Wonder, which
seems rather odd?
Bertie
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| Bob Hobden 2007-04-24, 1:25 pm |
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"Bertie Doe" wrote ...
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> "Bob Hobden"wrote in message >
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> Thanks Bob, I'll look out for Polysect and give it a try. I get my
> brassica plugs from a local farmer, so no probs with the larger veg. My
> flea beetles attack the salad leaved type veg, although they avoid my Webs
> Wonder, which seems rather odd?
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Never ever had a Flea Beetle problem with lettuce, didn't think they liked
lettuce, only the cabbage family.
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| Bertie Doe wrote:
> For the last 2 seasons, the flea beetle has ravaged most of my tender leaf
> veg - even the leaves of my horseradish plants, looked like a swiss cheese
> plant.
> I've tried liquid deris, but to no effect. I'm prepared to try something a
> bit stronger, so any ideas would be appreciated. TIA.
> Bertie
You have tried the sticky yellow traps I take it, hold it over the plants
and give the plant a tap, the flea beetles jump up and stick to the trap
usually offers a certain level of control. You could even place some
sticky material on paper under the plants first to catch any that make it
back to ground level.
Duncan
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