Leaf miners

b54red · April 6, 2012

Just what I need to start out the season. A new pest. I was doing the initial tie up on some of my plants today and found a lot of damage from leaf miners. I have never had more than a couple of leaves get them in the past but this year they started on my plants while they were still hardening off and now I have quite a few with significant leaf miner damage.

Do these miners have a major affect on plant health? If so how do you combat them? In the past I just clipped off and discarded the few leaves that were affected; but that would nearly defoliate some of the plants this year.

April 6, 2012	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Leaf miners Just what I need to start out the season. A new pest. I was doing the initial tie up on some of my plants today and found a lot of damage from leaf miners. I have never had more than a couple of leaves get them in the past but this year they started on my plants while they were still hardening off and now I have quite a few with significant leaf miner damage. Do these miners have a major affect on plant health? If so how do you combat them? In the past I just clipped off and discarded the few leaves that were affected; but that would nearly defoliate some of the plants this year.