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Re: Flea Beetles on Brassicas

Duncan McAlpine wrote:
> 
> How do you control or kill flea beetles (Phyllotreta species)on
> Brassicas (cabbage, turnip, swede, radish, salad rocket, wallflower,
> alyssum and Crambe...etc.)

Because of their ability to jump quickly away from the plant, flea
beetles are difficult to control.  One IPM approach is too keep the
garden area free of harvest debris, interplant brassicas among onions,
lettuce, and repel with garlic spray.  If you really must kill them
you'll probably have to resort to chemicals.    Pyrethrins and rotenone
are sometimeys used but they're pretty wide spectrum as is carbaryl
(Sevin) used on much if not most supermarket produce.  There's also a
fungus called Naturalis-O but I'm not sure I'd use it on young
seedlings.

Olin Miller <millero@worldnet.att.net>
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