HVX Strips
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HVX Strips
I ordered some and was wondering how do you do the test? I have one plant, don't see any problems, but bought at a local nursery and want to be sure.
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eastwood2007
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Re: HVX Strips
HI, boops -
The tests come with instructions, but simply put, you crush a small piece of leaf material in their envelope of solution and insert a test strip. It registers in just few minutes.
If the hosta is not showing any symptoms, and the virus is not very far advanced, you could get a false negative. What hosta are you testing?
Oh, be sure to use a young leaf...
Good luck!
The tests come with instructions, but simply put, you crush a small piece of leaf material in their envelope of solution and insert a test strip. It registers in just few minutes.
If the hosta is not showing any symptoms, and the virus is not very far advanced, you could get a false negative. What hosta are you testing?
Oh, be sure to use a young leaf...
Good luck!
Charla
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Latitude 38.57N; Longitude -94.89W (Elev. 886 ft.)
Re: HVX Strips
good advice from Charla... and I can add something... I took a video of the guy from the test strip company doing a demonstration test at the 2010 convention and posted it on Youtube... 3 1/2 minutes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JX7d3GeGzY&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JX7d3GeGzY&feature=plcp
Re: HVX Strips
Hi all-thanks for the Info. I am testing Paul's Glory purchased as a local retail nursery, grown at an east end of LI, ny nursery, don't know where the starters came from. Someone else had spotted an possible HVX problem with a Hosta on display at one of the same retail nursery chains so I think better safe than sorry.