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Originally Posted by GoDawgs
Flea beetles have totally destroyed the Hinona kabu turnips (they look like long thin carrots) and are starting on the Purple Tops. At least I know that Hinona are a great catch crop.
The only thing I found that deals with them is pyrethrum spray. Spraying on both sides and tops of the plants as well as the soil or mulch around them works pretty good.
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It's a week since I posted this. Yesterday I noticed that since I sprayed the permethrin that day (not the pyrethrum), the turnips have pushed out new foliage amidst the eaten up foliage! The flea beetles are gone.
I went down the row and cut off all the nasty foliage and it looks like a brand new bed.