Our egg plants are having pests which are making holes in their leaves
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@yngmar Thanks for the advice but they are pests which can even be seen.
They are very small black coloured insects@2003MugishaPhocit Aphids? Try chrysanthemum extract. But be careful not to overdo it. Killed my aphids with it and my strawberries too
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Our egg plants are having pests which are making holes in their leaves.
This can totally affect our harvests.
Apart from the use of urine mixed with tobacco leaves and ash which have been fermented for two weeks,is there any other organic pest repellant are you knowing that can be suitable to us?
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Flea beetles are our main culprit for eggplant here. If they are big enough at time of transplant, we've still gotten fruit from the plant.
But this year, I am planning to immediately cover with insect netting until it's pollinating time, then remove and possibly try one of the methods outlined here:
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@yngmar Thanks for the advice but they are pests which can even be seen.
They are very small black coloured insects@2003MugishaPhocit @yngmar Those small black insects are flea beetles, and they love eggplants. I don’t have many plants, so I get rid of them by rubbing them off with my thumb and finger daily. You have to kind of sneak up on them because they jump. But the holes in the photo are way too large for flea beetles, so you probably have another herbivore on the plants. Look under the leaves.
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@2003MugishaPhocit Aphids? Try chrysanthemum extract. But be careful not to overdo it. Killed my aphids with it and my strawberries too
@yngmar can it be found in the seeds shops?
It is my first time to hear about Chrysanthemum extract. -
Flea beetles are our main culprit for eggplant here. If they are big enough at time of transplant, we've still gotten fruit from the plant.
But this year, I am planning to immediately cover with insect netting until it's pollinating time, then remove and possibly try one of the methods outlined here:
@NearerAndFarther okay,and how big is your area where you are practising from?
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@2003MugishaPhocit @yngmar Those small black insects are flea beetles, and they love eggplants. I don’t have many plants, so I get rid of them by rubbing them off with my thumb and finger daily. You have to kind of sneak up on them because they jump. But the holes in the photo are way too large for flea beetles, so you probably have another herbivore on the plants. Look under the leaves.
@LyndaDelph @yngmar okay,and our plants are many so the method which you are using of thum rubbing ,may not work fot us.
And for how long have you been practising egg plant farming? -
Our egg plants are having pests which are making holes in their leaves.
This can totally affect our harvests.
Apart from the use of urine mixed with tobacco leaves and ash which have been fermented for two weeks,is there any other organic pest repellant are you knowing that can be suitable to us?
#gardening #environment #pests #photography #linux #fediverse #organicgardening #sustainability #ClimateAction #hunger #plants #foodproduction #mastodonsocial #socialimpact #farming #vegetables -
@NearerAndFarther okay,and how big is your area where you are practising from?
@2003MugishaPhocit We've only done small sections of eggplant (four or five plants at a time) until now. This year, we'll have one 50' row of eggplant.
Well, as long as the flea beetles give their permission and everything else cooperates..
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@2003MugishaPhocit We've only done small sections of eggplant (four or five plants at a time) until now. This year, we'll have one 50' row of eggplant.
Well, as long as the flea beetles give their permission and everything else cooperates..
@NearerAndFarther okay,thanks for great work and hopefully these pests can still be controlled.
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@Kade1 However much the pests destroy our crops,we should find possible ways to remove abd also repell them crops,other wise we can die of hunger
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Our egg plants are having pests which are making holes in their leaves.
This can totally affect our harvests.
Apart from the use of urine mixed with tobacco leaves and ash which have been fermented for two weeks,is there any other organic pest repellant are you knowing that can be suitable to us?
#gardening #environment #pests #photography #linux #fediverse #organicgardening #sustainability #ClimateAction #hunger #plants #foodproduction #mastodonsocial #socialimpact #farming #vegetables@2003MugishaPhocit Have you checked for caterpillars? Some of the most annoying hide in the soil during the day and eat your plants at night, so you have to check for them after dark. If it is caterpillars, would you consider using Bt (Bacillus thuringensis)?
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@2003MugishaPhocit Have you checked for caterpillars? Some of the most annoying hide in the soil during the day and eat your plants at night, so you have to check for them after dark. If it is caterpillars, would you consider using Bt (Bacillus thuringensis)?
@quixote I have not checked for such pests as they are not easily visible as you have noted.However,I only see the small black social insects!
They are very small and they keep on making lines on the plant -
@quixote I have not checked for such pests as they are not easily visible as you have noted.However,I only see the small black social insects!
They are very small and they keep on making lines on the plant@2003MugishaPhocit Really, go after dark with a flashlight and check. Amazingly small caterpillars, like the width of a small fingernail, can do an astonishing amount of damage.
When you say "making lines" you mean they leave a straight line trail where they've chewed up the plant? Or they leave curly lines as they burrow through the leaf?
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@2003MugishaPhocit Really, go after dark with a flashlight and check. Amazingly small caterpillars, like the width of a small fingernail, can do an astonishing amount of damage.
When you say "making lines" you mean they leave a straight line trail where they've chewed up the plant? Or they leave curly lines as they burrow through the leaf?
@quixote Okay,that could be a good advise.
I have to make it with your idea,and see.
I meant that these small insects have made my plants their habitant!
That is why I needed an organic pest repellant which I can use to chace them from my plants -
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