[CH] Colorado potato beetles

Jim Weller (jweller@ssimicro.com)
Wed, 28 May 2003 21:14:34 -0600

From: "T. Matthew Evans" <matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu>
Subject: RE: [CH] Diazinon

>On a related note, I am growing more eggplant this year than in years past.
>In the past years, I have found that eggplant leaves are the insect
>equivalent of lobster tail to Colorado potato beetles.  Once they are here,
>they also tend to like tomato leaves and </on-topic> CHILE leaves
></off-topic>.  Does anyone have a good organic way to eliminate these
>worrisome pests?

Grow more (sacrificial) eggplants?

Cheers

YK Jim