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Re: Flea Beetles Are Gone!

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On the OGL it has been noted that any fine dusty stuff will do in flea
beetles---rock dust, diatomaceous earth, talcum powder (which is a kind of
clay) and even flour....

Old Mother Common Sense should tell you not to breath in the dusty
stuff---leave that to the flea beetles!

Dusting plants for pests is an old practice, and was often done with
poisonous dusts---nice to know that the non-toxic ones work too, eh?

Frank---he tells his neighbors everything, just an open-book sort of nut
that I am, eh?


-----Original Message-----
From: Ginny <ginnyd@nycap.rr.com>
To: Sqft@Listbot. Com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 5:00 PM
Subject: Flea Beetles Are Gone!


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>It worked. I don't know why or how...I don't care. : )
>
>I read on a forum to try talcum powder on flea beetles. It worked as
>"advertised". The pest didn't just move to another plant or area of the
>garden. They seem to be gone. A whole week of nothing eating the
eggplants!!
>
>Only problem is my neighbor wants to know what I used. I really don't want
>to tell her I walked around dusting the plants with talcum. She already
>thinks I'm a nut.
>
>Just felt like sharing. BTW..if talcum is bad for the plants, soil etc.
this
>wouldn't be a good time to tell me. : )
>
>
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