[Alex 98]

Little * :evil:
Never seen them but nearly every leaf on our new mixed pick & come again lettuce has been attacked by them
Still edible but annoying :?

Any remidies

Alex 98

[gobs]

Grow mixed salad or mustard as a sacrificial next to your turnip, radish seedlings, or grow them some other time than May/June when the place is swarming with them, otherwise...fleece.

[Alex 98]

ok, hate fleece but uderstand. Plant later the exotic stuff
Alex 98

[Ice]

Is there a chemical remedy for flea beetle?

[compostqueen]

Derris I think but I'd rather fleece or use Enviromesh, saves on chemicals

[Novice]

I have the same problem with flea beetle....and I'm not even sure that fleece is 100% effective.
The organic way of ridding your crops of them, is to smear some molasses or treacle on a piece of cardboard, and fan it over the affected crops - honest, it does work.
When I first heard about this, I didn't have any treacle in the cupboard, but used peanut butter instead, but to be honest, that didn't really work  :oops:

[muddifoot]

the little sh--- are eating my salad leaves and i'm  not a happy bunny - oh well we'll plant some more hope they all burst from eating so much

[noshed]

enviromesh does work. But it's a bit of a pain because you have to plant all your lettuce in the same place.