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  • From: Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland <rootsfarm AT cwdom.dm>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Flaming
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:02:47 -0400

And/Or that the plant itself has mechanisms for toughening up its exterior cell walls (or whatever helps it through hot times) that also increase its attractiveness/susceptibility to flea beetles.  

And/or that another major source of food for the beetles becomes unavailable/unattractive in the heat

And/or ............

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Best wishes,

Karen

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On Jul 15, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Jack Moffitt wrote:

I like Ryan's observation and hypotheses that the flaming and the flea beetle scourge might be related. My mind has been on nematode vs flea beetles for a year now, as the flea beetles do better when it is hottest here - cutting off a lot of our salad season. I've been thinking that possibly some disease or predator of the flea beetle fades in the heat.


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