Dear Robert, I would get 4 or 5 cans of milky spore and treat little patches, preferably under berry vines and fruit trees where the beetles do their mating and drop to earth to bury their eggs in the sod. Milky spore will spread from there and in about 4 or 5 years you shouldn't have much of any problem any more.
Also, has anyone tried kaolin on flea beetles? This finely powdered clay can be sprayed onto the foliage and it seems to foil a lwide variety of insects. It's non-toxic and can be incorporated into compost tea foliar sprays. Anyone try it? Best, Hugh >Hugh: > >I figure I have three acres affected. How much land do you recommend I >treat? > >Thanks, man! > >-- >Robert Farr >(540) 668-7160 >The Chile Man > >* An organic farm producing hot sauce marinades, salsas, > mustards, and barbecue. >* Subscribe to our online newsletter at http://www.thechileman.com > >* Check out this article about us from The Washington Post: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/food/A8659-2001Jul17.html > >* Open Houses and Farm Tours throughout the year. See web site for >details! Visit our website at: www.unionag.org
