Probably a good idea to keep virused plants heavily dosed with insecticides to prevent spreading contagion. Tim Eck "Time is nature's way of preventing everything from happening at once." Anon. > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of > Peter Taggart > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2018 3:26 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Virused crinum > > I have grown plants of historic interest, given to me by various contacts, > which were heavily virused. These plants had been maintained for decades > and aspirin was one of the factors in keeping them alive. It had not cured > them of viruses, and infection did spread to other plants. I do not doubt > that a strong plant in good conditions may outgrow viruses, but having > viruses near to non virused plants in a collection is not a good idea. I > believe tissue culture from the miristem may also eliminate viruses, as > well as heat treatments > Peter (UK) > > On 5 June 2018 at 17:36, David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > It would be nice to believe as some people do: > > > > https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/730/ > > > > that asprin could get rid of plant virus. > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…