Thursday, May 16, 2019

Hosta Virus X

Nancy Hollmeier alerted us to information on Hosta Virus X that may affect plants in our gardens.  To learn more about this, there are some great articles on the internet.  One of the best found is at a site called Gardening In the Shade.  

The virus cannot be eradicated from an infected plant, but you can take precautions to not spread it to other hostas.  The preferred method is to destroy the plant and its roots and to thoroghly disinfect any tools that may have come in contact with it in order to not spread the disease.  The following site will help you with identification of the virus in a hosta plant and how to deal with it.