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Re: Eggplant problem - Help!

Hi Cheryl,
        How big are the holes? If there's lots of tiny holes, my guess is
they're flea beetles. I get them (my plants get them) every year and
before I knew what they were, my eggplants were devoured down to nubs.
Now I use a little sevin and it works great. Flea beetles attack anything
in the solanacea family and have the holey-leaved tomatoes and datura to
prove it. :-(
        Get on the problem right away and the eggplant should be fine.
Good luck,
        Poppy
        poppie@juno.com
        southern california

On Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:01:20 -0600 CHERYL CLEVELAND
<CCLEVELA@USAGROUP.COM> writes:
>Hi all!
>
>Well I just got back from vacation and I can't believe how much my
>garden
>grew!!  The plants have exploded!  I'm so excited since this is my
>first
>garden, so thanks to everyone for their advice.
>
>The only plants that I'm worried about are the eggplant.  When I left
>they
>were small but putting out new leaves witht he warmer weather.  I ran
>out to the garden when I returned and was shocked to see that the
>leaves now look like swiss cheese!!  There are holes all over the
>leaves
>everywhere.  I couldn't see any bugs but I could have missed them.
>Any
>ideas on what these are or what I can do?!?
>
>TIA
>Cheryl (who just got over her vacation gardening withdrawal)
>Indiana, Zone 5
>
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