Showing posts with label Swiss Chard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swiss Chard. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The Attack Of The Leaf Miners............


Leaf Miners............another term for maggots.  Fly maggots burrowing into my chard - here in this garden and up the hill in my other garden. And nothing seems to help. Yes, they say you can just trim it and eat it anyway and I tried. But unless the Apocalypse strikes and I'm starving, maggots just are not cutting it for me as a protein source.

I'll try growing this instead under my skylight and see what happens. And I did hear about using Neem oil - spraying it on the leaves. I guess I should try that before ripping the plants from their pots. Any suggestions would be welcome. I was really excited about growing chard - its one of my faves!