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Holes in my Radish leaves

pclark42pclark42 Posts: 186
in Fruit & veg
Can someone tell me what is eating my newly planted radishes leaves, they are round holes presume they are some creatures eating them, I have sprayed them with a light solution on fairy liquid and water, but would like to get to the bottom of it.

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Are there lots of tiny holes?  It could be flea beetle if so.  Could you post a photo?
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Small round holes that look like some tiny little hunter has taken a shotgun to them? Yes likely to be flea beetles, they don't generally do much harm to radishes other than cosmetic damage to the leaves. The only real "cure" is to net the area with a fine insect net as soon as you sow the seed, You can reduce the numbers by getting something sticky and moving it over the leaves about an inch up, flea beetles hop when disturbed and will hop up and get stuck as you wave your trap around. They are also not meant to like moist soil, so this long dry spell is probably helping them no end.
  • pclark42pclark42 Posts: 186
    Is there any way to rid them totally
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    As @Skandi has said ... keep the soil moist. Your radishes will need watering anyway in order to swell,  and they’ll be ready to eat very shortly. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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