So cool! My opinion is that the ‘February Gold’-type daffodil used is quite virused, and it’s the virus that’s causing the streaking. Note the absolute and erratic color streaking in the daffodil, versus the smooth color shading in other flowers…
Category: Virus
So sad
Virus when cutting daffodils
Dear Friends, I heard last week an interesting item. There is for a long time a discussion about; Can we bring over virus by picking flowers or mechanical f.i. with a knife. Scientists have never seen with doing trials that…
Virus.
Dear Friends, Last week we had a demonstration day at our Research Institute, PPO Lisse, www.ppo,wur.nl There was for me an interested item. They had new indications about spreading of Virus. Via a vector living in the soil. From…
Various
Hello everyone, Some brief responses to recent daffnet discussion. Nematode: I understood that nematodes were species specific. Before I export bulbs to the USA my soil has to be declared free of potato cyst nematode. In soil testing some clover…
an alternate to HWT?
Hot water treatment as far as I have read will NOT kill the various virus’s that daffodil bulbs can be infested with. Hot water treatment for bulbs is normally used to kill mites, nematodes, bulb flies ETC. There is an…