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pest control · 6 min
Catch the Japanese Beetle Early: Snap, Identify, Act
Plots.Farm's in-app insect identification lets you photograph the beetle and get the likely candidates back, so you can confirm it really is a Japanese beetle, and returns the suggested resolutions.
market gardening · 5 min
Same Bug, Two Crops: Why the Beetles Stripped the Eggplant and Skipped the Peppers
Flea and Colorado beetles both feed on eggplant, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes. Eggplant gets hit first and hardest. The reason is the leaf: eggplant foliage is tender, thin, and low in deterrent.
That's all the field notes for now.
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