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Bulbs => Crocus => Topic started by: Catwheazle on October 16, 2020, 08:23:04 AM

Title: virus or weather?
Post by: Catwheazle on October 16, 2020, 08:23:04 AM: What goes wrong with two of my C. ligusticus? The other plants seem ok. What should i do?

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Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Steve Garvie on October 16, 2020, 08:49:58 AM: Essentially all commercial stock (with the exception of Janis Ruksans’) has virus to varying degrees.
It’s a bonny plant without the virus!
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Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Catwheazle on October 16, 2020, 08:57:21 AM: OK thanks >:(

Someone told me the plants are speciosus, but i never bought speciosus :-(

Bernd
Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Steve Garvie on October 16, 2020, 09:01:25 AM: I have to say they do look like speciosus. Not what you ordered ........but then again, you didn’t order the virus either.
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Post by: Catwheazle on October 16, 2020, 09:10:14 AM: I have now destroyed the plants :'(
Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Janis Ruksans on November 07, 2020, 12:28:16 PM: Quote from: Catwheazle on October 16, 2020, 09:10:14 AM
I have now destroyed the plants :'(
I'm doing same with similar plants, although I'm not sure that it is virus, but in any case it is not normal - may be damage of bulb mite, may be other development problems. This autumn destroyed 11 such plants.
Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Catwheazle on November 07, 2020, 02:37:52 PM: Thanks :-)
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Post by: Akke on February 23, 2021, 11:36:08 AM: Wondering if the double petal (left under)of this crocus laevigatus fontenayi is because of a virus. Or is it just a little mistake or frost damage?
Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Mariette on February 17, 2022, 06:23:06 PM: Today this seedling popped up in my garden. The pattern looks very regular, nevertheless I´m uncertain whether it´s virus-effect or not?

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Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Janis Ruksans on February 18, 2022, 10:58:20 AM: Quote from: Mariette on February 17, 2022, 06:23:06 PM
Today this seedling popped up in my garden. The pattern looks very regular, nevertheless I´m uncertain whether it´s virus-effect or not?

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Looks as virus, better to destroy!
Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Mariette on February 18, 2022, 01:13:53 PM: Thank You, Janis! It´s the first time I notice anything like that in my borders. There are a lot of Crocus tommasinianus ´Eric Smith´seeding around, and I imagined it might have been just a very strongly marked form.
Title: Re: virus or weather?
Post by: Janis Ruksans on February 18, 2022, 04:42:25 PM: Better destroy 10 healthy than to leave 1 virus-infected...
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Post by: Mariette on February 19, 2022, 08:13:21 PM: Thank You for Your advice, Janis! I don´t grow a precious collection of species or varieties, but over the last 30 years I had many nice seedlings appreciated by visitors. It would be a pity to to loose them to virus, indeed.