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Putnam Ct.

my plants have small pin holes on leaves,and white dots .not sure if its critters or disaese??? any help would be great . thank you Gene.

6/2/2009 10:01:07 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

sounds like Flea beetles, How big are the plants? ANy visible signs of Colorado Potato Larvae on the undersides. They look like the thing from "Tremors"

6/2/2009 11:06:09 PM

Williamsburg,KY

Yep flea beetles.

6/3/2009 10:04:31 AM

Putnam Ct.

thanks for input, sure enough,found little black flea beatles, any suggestions what to zap with?

6/7/2009 9:01:21 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Any contact insectide will kill them..Do not spray merit on your potatoes. Soon you will be fighting Colorado Potato Beetles kill them before the produce larvae.

6/7/2009 12:49:26 PM

Long Island,New York

why not merit (admire) on potatoes???

6/7/2009 9:42:07 PM

Reed Point Montana

dust your plants with a thin layer of se7en powder

6/8/2009 12:28:14 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

I read somewhere to never use Merit on vegetables that you are going to eat the root or leaf. Although it appears commercial growers use Admire on the potatoes. It should be also noted Colorado Potato Beetles build up a resistance to imidacloprid very quickly.

6/8/2009 2:12:04 PM