Just an update on my White Devil's Tongue. It seems to be doing pretty well. It's been up there with the top producers. I pulled these two twins off of it a couple weeks ago:
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Leaf curl on White Devil's Tongue
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I stumbled upon the cause for this last year. My white devil's tongues have done this since first growing them three years ago. I found it in a PDF from the Jamaican MOA about diseases and viruses.
Chili leaf curl virus
http://www.apsnet.org/publications/imageresources/Pages/fi00178.aspx
Chili leaf curl virus
http://www.apsnet.org/publications/imageresources/Pages/fi00178.aspx
GA,
That description of the virus is dead on. The plant is producing but both the pods and the leafs are smaller than expected. As you saw above there's been several deformed pods as well.
That description of the virus is dead on. The plant is producing but both the pods and the leafs are smaller than expected. As you saw above there's been several deformed pods as well.
I read that it is thought to be a strain of one of the tobacco viruses elsewhere. When I saw that PDF I immediately knew that what it was. I haven't had it spread to any other plants yet, but thinking this is the last year I am going to grow these, just in case. I really wanted to see if it would happen again, and it did, so carried within the seeds.dustonj2008 said: