Re: Flea Beetles Are Gone!

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• To: "Ginny" <g*@nycap.rr.com>, "S*@Listbot. Com" <s*@listbot.com>
• Subject: Re: Flea Beetles Are Gone!
• From: "* a* D* T* <p*@galstar.com>
• Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 21:51:26 -0500
• Posted-Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 22:01:23 -0500 (CDT)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ginny <ginnyd@nycap.rr.com>
To: Sqft@Listbot. Com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 4:01 PM
Subject: Flea Beetles Are Gone!



I always have flea beetle problems.  Think Baby Powder would work?
Thanks for the tip!

Barbara in Ok

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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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