Chris had mentioned mine was virused. I got some test kits in to test a few of my plants. Over the years I have thrown out plants that were obviously virused. I also bought a few kits a few years ago to test some suspicious plants - they were all negative. I wanted to run a test on a known bad plant and Honeybells fit my test case. Here are a series of photos of the process. The test kit says to wait 30 minutes but this registered the virus in two minutes.
Sample leaf:
Sample piece:
Processed (rubbed) sample:
Showing positive result:
Honeybells virused.
Honeybells virused.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Honeybells virused.
These test photos for HVX have been very interesting. I'm sorry to see the positive results though.
Re: Honeybells virused.
Hi Carol, this was a plant from a neighbor. The neighbor hood is filled with these but I haven't seen a virused one. I have to go through my neighbors yard to see what's going on.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.