Re: Bugs on Peppers

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• Subject: Re: Bugs on Peppers
• From: margaret lauterbach mlaute@micron.net>
• Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 08:57:44 -0600
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Aphids suck, they don't chew. You probably have flea beetles (about the
same size), that eat holes in leaves. when you approach, they vamoose,
jumping like a flea. Best control is agricultural floating row cover
(Reemay, for example), but don't cover the flea beetles too. Margaret L


At 10:06 AM 5/15/2000 EDT, you wrote:
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>I have very small bugs on my peppers (aphids) that seem to be eating parts
of 
>the leaves away. So far I've lost about 20-30% of the leaves in some cases. 
>They seem to have left alone the other plants so it appears that the bug 
>problem is limited to the peppers only.
>
>I'm looking for ideas (non-chemical) to rid the plants of these pests.
>
>Thanks in advance,  
>  Mike
>
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