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I'm hoping someone can tell me what is eating my rocket. It looks like all the leaves have been stabbed repeatedly with a pin!
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? flea beetle- they make pin holes- but I don' know if they eat rocket!"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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I fear you may be right. My leaves look like these
Garden pests - how to deal with flea beetles | Problem solving | How to | BBC Gardeners' WorldComment
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def. flea beetle: there's another thread running on them at the moAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Same as above. Flea beetle. They're ok to eat though, if they're any decent size.Comment
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All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Because the flea beetle and I both love rocket so much I have resigned myself to growing my rocket in a window box this year - I hope they can't jump that high! It will also mean I have rocket close to hand whenever I want some.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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Last year I tried growing my rocket in a trough a metre off the ground in the hope it would deter flea beetle.
Didn't work and we were inundated last year, I remember hearing it may be due to oil seed rape being planted in the field next to us, this year we've got grass, so here's hoping."Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"
Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.Comment
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That blows that theory, then, Womble!
Never mind - I haven't seen flea beetle in the garden but I definitely have it on the lottie!Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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Never had any success with rocket at my old garden because of flee beetle. I could grow it here - odd isn't it - only Himself has declare that he hates it!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I was planning to put all my brassica seedlings in a big box and cover it with enviromesh.
I haven't done it yet, but y'know I'm still planning to
I think rocket would grow well in it also, but I'm still planning to plant out my first few plants in the ground. Eternal optimism and all that...."Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"
Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.Comment
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Thanks everyone. I'll go and read the other thread.Comment
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you can still eat it though...Comment
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I chop it up small and throw it into the salad, so no one can complainOriginally posted by taff View Post
"Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"
Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.Comment
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I've never been able to grow rocket in spring because of flea beetle, it gets so badly hit that it doesn't grow away.
As a result I started sowing at end of summer - it doesn't get flea beetle damage then.
I get a good crop into the autumn then some right through winter. Even this winter it was hit by the snow but recovered by March to give many more pickings.
I leave some to flower now, the bees love it then it self seeds and I get plenty of free seedlings at the end of summer. Haven't bought any seed for about 6 years,
I also treat land cress and lambs lettuce the same way with equally good resultsComment
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