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Brown rugose virus

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:42 pm
by OhioGardener
I thought I'd share an article that I found on this topic. Has anyone taken any precautions? I'm no longer adding any store-bought tomatoes to my compost and scrubbing my hands before handling my seeds or seed trays if I've previously handled store-bought tomatoes.

https://www.greenhousegrower.com/produc ... s-in-town/

Re: Brown rugose virus

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 11:34 pm
by nagi999
Sometimes I save seeds from store bought but I am not going to do that anymore. I will be watchful of country of origin on seed purchases where need be. I feed my chickens and pigs leftover store bought tomatoes...but now I am wondering if that is a bad idea....if I can grow my own tomatoes year round, then I will stop buying commercial tomatoes completely. I am hoping micro dwarves can fill the bill.
I read that you can make a mild disinfectant from lysol, bleach and milk if need be. Also read that disinfecting seeds before planting may be helpful.

Re: Brown rugose virus

Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:35 am
by Growing Coastal
That's a good article. Thanks for posting. Ugly!

Re: Brown rugose virus

Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:04 pm
by AZGardener
I've not heard of it before, looks like a nasty one. Thank you for the link to the article.