We have had an infestation of leaf miners for the last 2-3 years. We've replaced the top foot of soil in the beds, and that helped for a couple of months. Now they are back. I hesitate to use systemic pesticides in the soil as they are in beet greens, chard and spinach- all things that would take up the pesticide to kill the insects, but we would end up ingesting it. Any helpful thoughts?
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I'm pretty sure that any product that contains pyrethrin will work at killing the leaf miners. Pyrethrin is organic and derived from Chrysanthemums. It's labeled for use on vegetables.
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