Tiny holes in leaves

[beef1020]

Can anyone help diagnosis this? I am a first time grower so don't have much experience but I looked through some pictures and it does not look like a disease to me. Is it flea beetle damage? Lastly, is that a flee beetle on the last page

Thanks for your help.
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[feldon30]

You've got flea beetles. If you don't mind using chemicals, you can dust your plants with Sevin.

[beef1020]

Thanks for the response. I would prefer to not use chemicals like sevin, are their any other options for control? I have also read that once plants are somewhat established they can handle some damage from these, when is that point? These plants are about a foot tall.

[Worth1]

Try insecticidal soap or something else organic if you must.
I would use Sevin myself.
The reason being, is some infestations will just get bigger as the plant grows.
They will just eat and eat until there is nothing left.
They wont go on a diet so the plant can produce more food.

If it were me I would get rid of all infested leaves and treat the rest of the plant.
In this way do don't have to worry about killing the majority of the colony with insecticides.

The plant my look bad for a while but it (WILL) grow out of it.

Worth

[Suze]

Here's a pretty good article on organic control of flea beetles. I see several things suggested as options, including neem oil, pyrethrins, garlic sprays, and rotenone.

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/fleabeetle.html

[bryanccfshr]

Try Bonide Garden dust(copper and rotenone) available at lowes. Regular treatments with neem will work too.