Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

If it is flea beetles, I've had great success using milky spore, especially when combined with GrubAway nematodes (from Gardens Alive). I had an absolute infestation of them in NM when the bark beetle was busy killing off the forests due to drought combined with the no-burn policy (tree density per acre is higher than at any period in geologic record in AZ & NM); a one-two punch with milky spore & the nematodes ensured my huge bed of Mexican primrose was in beautiful shape in time to sell the house in a depressed market well above what I paid.

Milky spore isn't cheap, nor are the nematodes, but studies have shown the spore can multiply for 10 years or more, well worth the investment.

Sally

--- In MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com, "Bernard Bailey" <bernardbailey1@...> wrote:
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> Dear Carmen, Without more info, I couldn’t be very sure, but it sounds like you could have flea beetles. Do you have lots of little, tiny holes all over the leaves? Do they tend to congregate on the underside of the leaves? <http://images.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJkesT1SlPGGMAeGOjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBpcGszamw0BHNlYwNmcC1pbWcEc2xrA2ltZw--/SIG=13pr9p7rn/EXP=1328170387/**http%3a/tgcgarden.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/vertical-potatoes-pest-management-and-interplanting-galore/> Image Detail
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> From: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Carmen Thomas
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> Hi Jim!
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> My most difficult problem is "bugs"! They have been ruining certain crops, especially little black bugs (does anyone know what they ARE?... they do not appear to be aphids, but they DO take over very quickly!) that have congregating on greens like chard, kale, and other crops like broccoli... Do you have an organic suggestion for dealing with these, and other, destructive little beasts? Thanks so much for your suggestions!
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> Carmen in zone 8b (or maybe 9b... from latest research ;-)
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