- From: Jennie Lee <tulipcreek AT dixie-net.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
- Subject: flea beetles
- Date: Sun, 2 Sep 1956 03:34:59 -0600
Title: flea beetles
Hi all -
I need
some advice about flea beetles. I lost a lot of beautiful greens last
year to these guys so I've been really diligent this year about
keeping row covers on all my brassicas and arugula - I put them on
right after seeding and they've been on ever since. However, there
are some flea beetles under my row covers - not a ton of them but
enough to riddle all my little greens - particularly the Asian greens
- with holes. My Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and
Disease Control says that I should leave the row covers on and
the adults that have taken up residence underneath them will
eventually die off, leaving my mizuna to continue
growing¨unriddled.
What
I'd like to know is - how likely is this to happen really? I'm
interested in hearing particularly from Southern gardeners (I'm in
north Mississippi, zone 7) as I find my insect experiences often
radically different (i.e. more vicious) from the way they're
described in the books. I tried last year to avoid peak populations
by staggering my plantings of susceptible plants but seemed to have
peak populations pretty consistently into late June. And by then, its
fairly hot and dry here to be starting leafy green things. Should I
stop fighting Mother Nature and just give up on spring planted
brassicas? They grow beautifully here in the fall, untouched by any
insects.
Any
observations or experiences would be greatly appreciated -
Jennie Lee
Oxford, MS
-
flea beetles,
Jennie Lee, 04/16/2002
-
<Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: flea beetles,
Chris Sawyer, 04/16/2002
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RE: flea beetles,
Wiediger, Alison, 04/16/2002
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Re: flea beetles,
Lucy Goodman, 04/16/2002
-
RE: flea beetles,
Michaele Blakely, 04/16/2002
-
Re: flea beetles,
Jennie Lee, 04/18/2002
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