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Worth1 · October 17, 2017

Yes this and many other viruses can spread like wildfire in the gardens landscape and orchards by way of insect.
Worth

ginger2778 · October 17, 2017

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Originally Posted by HoustonHeat

Thanks!!! I agree and the curl / blistering is the driver for me.
I actually have 2 of them and both are PL varieties.
Can this infect RL varieties also?

Unfortunately it can and will. So sorry.

ginger2778 · October 17, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Yes this and many other viruses can spread like wildfire in the gardens landscape and orchards by way of insect.
Worth

Truth.

HoustonHeat · October 17, 2017

Just an update. I read about the disease and on web it stated to report it to my county agriculture extension office. I like acted it near me so I pulled 2 plants, placed in garbage bag, and took it to them to see. The horticulturist asked me lots of questions but told me it was not a disease and he thought it was a nutrient deficiency. He gave me a dirt sample bag to collect and send off for testing.

Now frankly I think it is the disease because some plants have stunted. I mean if they don't know then who can you trust? I am so confused. I replanted them in a 5 Gallonbucjet with Miracle Grow potting mix. Time will prove someone correct...

ginger2778 · October 17, 2017

Here's a clue. We as Master Gardeners are the folks who answer the extension questions. I can assure you we graduate from master gardener training knowing nothing more than superficial knowledge of a variety if subjects, our training was on how to look up things. So there you have it, they know very little about fine details like disease vs deficiency.

KarenO · October 18, 2017

either way, diseased or deficient to the point of stunting, what is to be accomplished by trying to salvage them. At best you will get poor or no production from them or at worst you will perpetuate a serious disease that may well spread outside the border of just your garden to affect neighbors or worse yet a commercial farm or other enterprise who’s livelihood depends on healthy crops.
There is nothing to be gained and lots to lose by misdiagnosis. I strongly advise to err on the side of caution and dispose of them. Replace with healthy plants.
KarenO

ginger2778 · October 18, 2017

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Originally Posted by KarenO

either way, diseased or deficient to the point of stunting, what is to be accomplished by trying to salvage them. At best you will get poor or no production from them or at worst you will perpetuate a serious disease that may well spread outside the border of just your garden to affect neighbors or worse yet a commercial farm or other enterprise who’s livelihood depends on healthy crops.
There is nothing to be gained and lots to lose by misdiagnosis. I strongly advise to err on the side of caution and dispose of them. Replace with healthy plants.
KarenO

Wisdom here.

Worth1 · October 18, 2017

Plants aren't animals they are plants.
It isn't like a runt piglet someone is nursing to health.

I lost nine out of ten oleander bushes due to a virus (leaf scald) from sharp shooters.
As soon as I figured it out I dug every one up that had symptoms and got rid of them.
If not all they are is a typhoid Mary of the plant world.
(Don't burn oleander the smoke is toxic.)

Worth

HoustonHeat · October 18, 2017

I trashed them.. sealed in garbage bag and shipped off to landfill.

Now I am curious if the soil is ok or contaminated?

October 17, 2017	#76
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Yes this and many other viruses can spread like wildfire in the gardens landscape and orchards by way of insect. Worth Last edited by Worth1; October 17, 2017 at 07:03 AM.

October 17, 2017	#79
HoustonHeat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Houston Zone 9A Posts: 132	Just an update. I read about the disease and on web it stated to report it to my county agriculture extension office. I like acted it near me so I pulled 2 plants, placed in garbage bag, and took it to them to see. The horticulturist asked me lots of questions but told me it was not a disease and he thought it was a nutrient deficiency. He gave me a dirt sample bag to collect and send off for testing. Now frankly I think it is the disease because some plants have stunted. I mean if they don't know then who can you trust? I am so confused. I replanted them in a 5 Gallonbucjet with Miracle Grow potting mix. Time will prove someone correct...

October 17, 2017	#80
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Here's a clue. We as Master Gardeners are the folks who answer the extension questions. I can assure you we graduate from master gardener training knowing nothing more than superficial knowledge of a variety if subjects, our training was on how to look up things. So there you have it, they know very little about fine details like disease vs deficiency.

October 18, 2017	#81
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,932	either way, diseased or deficient to the point of stunting, what is to be accomplished by trying to salvage them. At best you will get poor or no production from them or at worst you will perpetuate a serious disease that may well spread outside the border of just your garden to affect neighbors or worse yet a commercial farm or other enterprise who’s livelihood depends on healthy crops. There is nothing to be gained and lots to lose by misdiagnosis. I strongly advise to err on the side of caution and dispose of them. Replace with healthy plants. KarenO