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Hola Cabana, figured now would be the time to divulge my current malady to spread some awareness and maybe shed light on issues some people may be facing.
FWIW, this is why I haven't been sharing strains or fulfilling requests in the wish list thread.
Not long ago, Beet Curly Top Virus was witnessed affecting hemp--having made the jump from...well...beets, and being transmitted via the beet leafhopper.
A photo of Curly top virus infected hemp plant can be found here: https://blog.plantwise.org/2021/09/21/hemp-a-new-crop-challenged-by-old-pathogens/
The current information regarding it is that plants can overcome the symptoms while still carrying the virus. In my garden, the symptoms seem to be outgrown during flower phase, then spring back up again when clones are vegging. There are also reports of it only affecting a single branch, as well. Aside from the obvious leaf tacoing and/or telltale leaf tip fishhooking (as seen in pics below) the virus can cause severed deformation and stunting and even death. I assume it's worse in open fields as there's no decent controls for leafhoppers (they pass the disease whether the plant is treated with poison or not) and the viral load is probably expounded by this as leafhoppers bite plant after plant for sap to fuel their ungodly orgies.
With Oregon having a massive concentration of hemp acreage in years past, it's no mystery how this disease has proliferated in my locale. I put plants outside to strengthen them up to take strong apical clones, and my land is absolutely inundated with leafhoppers. Not long after, I started noticing leaf curl in my plants and the problem spread quickly to other plants.
Just recently, I had only one plant from my last grow--GMO. It had the leaf curl but eventually showed no symptoms. Fresh GMO clones from the infected plant soon shared a humidity dome with all my new arrivals (thank you greatly, friends, for your help). Before I could transplant the new arrivals showed symptoms.
I also acquired a Gary Payton clone and Durban Poison clone from a local dispensary, put them into the grow room in all new pots, substrate...watered with clean, new utensils and they began to show symptoms in only 3-4 days. I have sticky traps everywhere that have shown no insect activity except for the one fungus gnat that slipped in when I was transporting water inside. Other than that--no insects and my room is sealed very tight.
So basically, there haven't been leafhoppers in my grow but somehow the disease has spread VERY quickly. I don't really have an answer to this...
BECAUSE the local experts at Oregon State University that deal with this problem for hemp growers are limited to who they can talk to--federally. They are only allowed to speak to and help registered hemp growers within the state. They are very specifically not allowed to talk to personal medical cannabis/hemp grower about their problems. But I was invited to a zoom meeting between the pathology experts in the field and hemp growers to discuss disease causes, symptoms, and mitigation. I don't know when the meeting will be but I'm interested in attending.
I have a few pics of my plants and couple from a friend who is a long time grower and excellent farmer in the Bend area.
Here are my friend's pics. They are a little worse off...he also has pics of his outdoor plants WITH beet leafhoppers on them
I'm assuming this is going to become MUCH more prevalent as time goes on. There are reports (with pics) of people losing their gardens from a couple years back and figuring it could dicamba/2,4-D herbicide injury, but the newest reliable diagnosis is indeed Curly Top Beet Virus.
Be vigilant, my friends!
(I have to make my son lunch...like right NOW, so I'll update if I've forgotten to mention anything or new info comes up)
FWIW, this is why I haven't been sharing strains or fulfilling requests in the wish list thread.
Not long ago, Beet Curly Top Virus was witnessed affecting hemp--having made the jump from...well...beets, and being transmitted via the beet leafhopper.
A photo of Curly top virus infected hemp plant can be found here: https://blog.plantwise.org/2021/09/21/hemp-a-new-crop-challenged-by-old-pathogens/
The current information regarding it is that plants can overcome the symptoms while still carrying the virus. In my garden, the symptoms seem to be outgrown during flower phase, then spring back up again when clones are vegging. There are also reports of it only affecting a single branch, as well. Aside from the obvious leaf tacoing and/or telltale leaf tip fishhooking (as seen in pics below) the virus can cause severed deformation and stunting and even death. I assume it's worse in open fields as there's no decent controls for leafhoppers (they pass the disease whether the plant is treated with poison or not) and the viral load is probably expounded by this as leafhoppers bite plant after plant for sap to fuel their ungodly orgies.
With Oregon having a massive concentration of hemp acreage in years past, it's no mystery how this disease has proliferated in my locale. I put plants outside to strengthen them up to take strong apical clones, and my land is absolutely inundated with leafhoppers. Not long after, I started noticing leaf curl in my plants and the problem spread quickly to other plants.
Just recently, I had only one plant from my last grow--GMO. It had the leaf curl but eventually showed no symptoms. Fresh GMO clones from the infected plant soon shared a humidity dome with all my new arrivals (thank you greatly, friends, for your help). Before I could transplant the new arrivals showed symptoms.
I also acquired a Gary Payton clone and Durban Poison clone from a local dispensary, put them into the grow room in all new pots, substrate...watered with clean, new utensils and they began to show symptoms in only 3-4 days. I have sticky traps everywhere that have shown no insect activity except for the one fungus gnat that slipped in when I was transporting water inside. Other than that--no insects and my room is sealed very tight.
So basically, there haven't been leafhoppers in my grow but somehow the disease has spread VERY quickly. I don't really have an answer to this...
BECAUSE the local experts at Oregon State University that deal with this problem for hemp growers are limited to who they can talk to--federally. They are only allowed to speak to and help registered hemp growers within the state. They are very specifically not allowed to talk to personal medical cannabis/hemp grower about their problems. But I was invited to a zoom meeting between the pathology experts in the field and hemp growers to discuss disease causes, symptoms, and mitigation. I don't know when the meeting will be but I'm interested in attending.
I have a few pics of my plants and couple from a friend who is a long time grower and excellent farmer in the Bend area.
Here are my friend's pics. They are a little worse off...he also has pics of his outdoor plants WITH beet leafhoppers on them
I'm assuming this is going to become MUCH more prevalent as time goes on. There are reports (with pics) of people losing their gardens from a couple years back and figuring it could dicamba/2,4-D herbicide injury, but the newest reliable diagnosis is indeed Curly Top Beet Virus.
Be vigilant, my friends!
(I have to make my son lunch...like right NOW, so I'll update if I've forgotten to mention anything or new info comes up)