Hello,

Help! Leaf miners in my garden...

i have been gardening here in zone 7b for 8 years. it is mostly fabulous but got some new soil from a well recommended local place and it brought leaf miners that attacked my beets, Swiss chard and spinach. I tried all the natural remedies (diatomaceous earth, Bennoficial teas, need oil and another organic spray..and a garlic soap spray...to name a few). I disposed of the chard and spinach since I couldn’t eat them raw with all of those larva in there. But kept the beets And kept up religiously with going through and disposing of leaves that were infected and smushing the white eggs.

but they kept on going. And they went all spring, summer and fall! Is there ANYTHING I can do to kill The overwintering pupa in the soil?? Or a i now cursed with these forever. Help!