My new pepper plants have holes in the leaves

Elliot · June 10, 2009

Some bug is eating holes in all of the leaves in the new pepper plants I put out. I sprayed the leaves with a 3 in one spray that is supposed to cover fungus and insects. No avail. I don't even see the bugs. Any ideas?

eddie46 · June 10, 2009

Sounds like Flea Beetles.

Ed

Blueaussi · June 10, 2009

Tiny almost pin-sized holes, or holes about the size of a pea and larger?

The first would be flea beetles, the second slugs.

Elliot · June 10, 2009

What can I use to fight off flea beetles?

FILMNET · June 17, 2010

Gunpowder , actually all gardens around here are having them eating now.

conyaks · June 26, 2010

Elliot, I managed to find this about flea beetles..

http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/fleabeetle.pdf

June 10, 2009	#1
Elliot Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hicksville, New York Posts: 503	My new pepper plants have holes in the leaves Some bug is eating holes in all of the leaves in the new pepper plants I put out. I sprayed the leaves with a 3 in one spray that is supposed to cover fungus and insects. No avail. I don't even see the bugs. Any ideas?

June 10, 2009	#2
eddie46 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW PA Posts: 160	Sounds like Flea Beetles. Ed

June 10, 2009	#3
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	Tiny almost pin-sized holes, or holes about the size of a pea and larger? The first would be flea beetles, the second slugs.

June 17, 2010	#5
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	Gunpowder , actually all gardens around here are having them eating now.

June 26, 2010	#6
conyaks Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 22	Elliot, I managed to find this about flea beetles.. http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/fleabeetle.pdf