Jannine Cabossel is teaching a class on Organic Pest Controls this Sunday, July 10. She will ID some of the plants in the garden with damage and go over many organic methods and organic sprays we can use to control many bugs now attacking our vegetable plants. Below is the info provided by Milagro Community Garden which is hosting the event.
Can you guess which pest is attacking this plant? (see answer below)
WHEN: SUNDAY JULY 10
WHERE: MILAGRO COMMUNITY GARDEN (Off Rodeo Road east of Sam’s Club-Turn north onto Legacy Court. Garden is behind the church, ‘Church of the Servant’, on corner)
TIME: 12-2:00 PM
Taught by Jannine Cabossel, Master Gardener and the Tomato Lady at the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market.
This Educational class was requested by members of the Milagro Community Garden. This class is also open to the Santa Fe Master Gardeners (they will earn 2 CE credits), Home Grown New Mexico members and the PUBLIC. FREE CLASS.
Please come and bring a hat, sunscreen, water, a folding chair and of course your questions. No need to sign up but should you have questions, email CAROLE at cowens505@comcast.net
ANSWER: The damage in the above photo was from the flea beetle!
Home Grown New Mexico 
Yup! Flea Beetles! I knew that answer because they ate the leaves off my grape plants the last two years…They skeletinize the leaves, without necessarily killing the plants… My grape leaves came back a second time last year, and escaped flea beetles that time. I don’t love ’em…much
preferred the Beatles!
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Actually Lynne, what probably ate your grape leaves was a grape skeletontizer moth/ caterpillar not the flea beetle. I had the same problem last year. Bt works good on them, getting rid of them. Here is more info on them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapeleaf_skeletonizer
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