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Re: Flea Beetles and Ants

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How do you fit the row cover over the eggplant stake or do you just not
stake your eggplants?  I find that mine grow too big and I need to stake
them.

zone 9, so cal

"Edmund C. Flynn" wrote:
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> Mary Thorp wrote:
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> > Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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> > (1) The #(*&$#($@ flea beetles are at my eggplants again and I really
> > want to get rid of them...has anyone had any success with garlic or red
> > pepper spray for these critters?
> 
> It is a good idea to set eggplant out under a floating row cover which
> should not be removed until the flowers are ready to be polinated.
> 
> By then your mature eggplant may be able to withstand the flea beetles. Not
> always .. sometimes I have to spray at that point.
> 
> Ed Flynn  Maryland zone 6/7
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