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Flea Beetles / Arugula
Cindy Chung
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I need help. I have tons of arugula in my garden. My family and I love the leaves. However, they are all infested by flea beetles. Could anyone share whether we can still consume the leaves (with or without cooking)? I appreciate your advice on this.
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boiled beetles - extra protein
seriously i would think if you wash the leaves in a couple of changes of water you'll get rid of most of them - i remember my gran used to soak her cabbage in water with salt to get rid of the caterpillars but I think soaking leaches out too many vitamins tbh
If I have insects on salad leaves I leave them to soak in some cold salty water for a few minutes, then rinse well and drain. I don't think that soaking for up to 5 mins will leach out significant amounts of vitamins - just don't cut the leaves up before soaking.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.