Mints for Flea beetles?

Starlight · March 15, 2017

Hunting around different sites for seeds, I have come across several seed selling sites that suggest the use of mints to keep flea beetles away from the tomatoes.

Anybody else heard that or tried it?

Also, what kind of mints? Nobody had listed specific types to use. Callaway Gardens has their big plant sale next weekend and there is a vendor there who sells nothing but mints of all types. I plan on going and if it true about keeping the beetles away, I want to stock up on the right type plants.

March 15, 2017	#1
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Mints for Flea beetles? Hunting around different sites for seeds, I have come across several seed selling sites that suggest the use of mints to keep flea beetles away from the tomatoes. Anybody else heard that or tried it? Also, what kind of mints? Nobody had listed specific types to use. Callaway Gardens has their big plant sale next weekend and there is a vendor there who sells nothing but mints of all types. I plan on going and if it true about keeping the beetles away, I want to stock up on the right type plants.