When I went out to the garden this morning, I found little holes in several tomato plant leaves. "Argh", I thought. "Flea Beetles!" I hadn't heard about flea beetles until last year when our friend, Justin, lost all his tomato plants to the darned little things. His plants were seedlings at the time, and apparently that is when they are most vulnerable. He told me that you could trap the beetles with sticky yellow traps - and that was the extent of what I knew. Flea beetles are about the size of a flea, and have long back legs and jump (just like a flea). I hate fleas. And I suspect that I'm going to learn to hate flea beetles, too. So I went online quickly this morning before going to work. Yes, flea beetles are fairly common and attack tomatoes, potatoes, and some of the cruciferous plants. I'll let you know if they get into my leafy veggies - apparently they like them, too. Sticky traps might help, so might Rotenone powder - which I am
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