Re: Mosaic Virus
It could be another case of drifting 2 4 D or some other type of
herbicide. It can travel as far as half a mile, and it does exactly what
you said - deformed leaves on new growth, and burns up the tips. Are the
new deformed leaves growing spiney? do they stay small? If so, it could
be 2 4 D drift.
Speaking from experience..
Jeremy Romain wrote:
>
> Hey folks I'm sort of new to pumpkin growing and this mailing list so I hope
> I'm doing this right. Anyway, I live in kansas and I believe all my plants
> have have squash mosiac virus (which is in the seeds from the
> begining.....so I hear) the new leaves are deformed and the tips of the main
> vines have wilted and died. What should I do? Is there time to replant?
> If so where would I get disease free seeds? The ones I'm growing now came
> from Howard Dill Enterprises. I've had almost no insect problems this year
> so I do feel the disease was in the seeds. What do you all think?
>
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