Comments on: What’s Nibbling This Eggplant?

By: Michael Gabriel

Michael Gabriel — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:55:28 +0000

If you enlarge the picture you can see what looks to be a flea beetle!!

By: Alfred

Alfred — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:02:40 +0000

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.

By: RattanMagnolia

RattanMagnolia — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:09:25 +0000

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?

By: Al Scheib

Al Scheib — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:07:49 +0000

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.