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Old July 17, 2017   #7
Labradors2
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Karen and Bower,

Thanks. I had to go out and inspect the plant again to confirm that all the leaves look similarly affected. They do! I inspected a leaf under the magnifying glass and it does look as if the flea beetles could be to blame, although some of the holes are not round but elongated, and appear close to the veins. Perhaps the plant being somewhat weak attracted more than it's fair share of insect burden! I remember now that all my plants had dark aphids on them after plant-out. They were the "fly" type of aphids rather than the more solid looking ones, and they left without doing any damage!

Elaine is correct, we have had a ton of rain this season and I have seen insects on my veggies that I've never seen before. My Bok Choi is a write-off due to flea beetles and trimming destroyed leaves would mean having NO leaves.....

I'm relieved that you think it unlikely that it's TMV, and I will wait and see how the fruit turns out before doing anything drastic.

Linda
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