A few weeks ago I blogged about fighting flea beetles with used coffee grounds and wormwood. We have had good success with this method even with the rain diluting the strength of the coffee. This week we found another quick way to keep flea beetles away: basil flowers! We have 10 basil plants that keep trying to go to seed and we have found that placing the basil flowering heads on the eggplant leaves keep the flea beetles away. We have never seen this mentioned as a flea beetle deterrent so we could just be lucky or there may be something to this strategy. We won't think too hard about it though, we are just thrilled that it is working!
Picture above shows basil flower resting on the eggplant leaf.
Isn't this Listada De Gandia Eggplant so cute?!
Casper Eggplant
Unknown eggplant variety given to us from a friend.
Thank you for sharing this post. It is very interesting.
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