Comments on: What’s Nibbling This Eggplant? https://www.farmingphilly.com/2014/06/11/whats-nibbling-this-eggplant/ Urban Agriculture in the City of Brotherly Love Wed, 10 Apr 2019 06:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 By: Michael Gabriel https://www.farmingphilly.com/2014/06/11/whats-nibbling-this-eggplant/#comment-29 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:55:28 +0000 http://www.farmingphilly.com/?p=194#comment-29 If you enlarge the picture you can see what looks to be a flea beetle!!

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By: Alfred https://www.farmingphilly.com/2014/06/11/whats-nibbling-this-eggplant/#comment-27 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:02:40 +0000 http://www.farmingphilly.com/?p=194#comment-27 In reply to RattanMagnolia.

Sorry, reply took so long. I have a neighbor who burns wood for supplementary heat. Any wood ash will do, as far as I know; even from a campfire. The wood ash solution came from a friend who grew up in Calcutta. I apply it as a dusting, using a container with small holes in the bottom, by shaking the container.

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By: RattanMagnolia https://www.farmingphilly.com/2014/06/11/whats-nibbling-this-eggplant/#comment-24 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:09:25 +0000 http://www.farmingphilly.com/?p=194#comment-24 In reply to Al Scheib.

Do you purchase wood ash or make your own? Sorry for dumb question, but I never heard of using wood ash before. How do you apply it?

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By: Al Scheib https://www.farmingphilly.com/2014/06/11/whats-nibbling-this-eggplant/#comment-20 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:07:49 +0000 http://www.farmingphilly.com/?p=194#comment-20 It’s those doggone tiny black bugs that always go after my eggplant, and noticed on nothing else. I stay organic by using only wood ash on most of my plants. Sometimes, ash on wet leaves burns them and the ash doesn’t survive rain, so it must be renewed often. But it seems to do the job.

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