To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Eggplants are fruit! - OT flea beetle resistance
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:19:19 -0500
Wow, flea beetles are my most serious problem with eggplant, so I'll have to
try it. Are you sure it's the variety and not some other variable, ie, did
you have another variety that was attacked as usual? The only reason I
didn't give up on eggplant completely years ago is that I occasionally meet
people here who grow it without spraying. An Italian woman told me it likes
sandy soil, which explains why my mom in Fla ran out of people to give
eggplant to. Adding sand has helped. Donna