Not so busy lizzies

As with bacterial viruses in people it has to be treated with antibiotics. Unfortunately, that system of treatment in plants is still experimental. It reminds me of the failure of Surfinia Petunias 10 years or so ago. They had to be " reinvented " as it were.

 

It's a flipping fungus! I posted the RHS guide just earlier.

"Impatiens downy mildew is a fungal disease that....etc....etc..etc."

What on earth is a "bacterial virus"? Like a human fish? Or a bovine brassica?

 

Well, for a start you have bacterial canker, which is a viral infection. I didn`t say it was a virus, I tried to explain how it COULD BE.

 

You mean this bacterial canker?

"Bacterial canker is a disease caused by two closely related species of bacteria that infect the stems and leaves of plums, cherries and related Prunus species. It is one of the few important plant diseases caused by bacteria in the UK."

Bacterial canker / Royal Horticultural Society


Bacteria and viruses are two very different things!

 

This is what's causing the problem and it looks like a fungus to me:

 

Looks like where the A5 meets the A447 to me ....

 

I'd assumed there was a fairly wide ban or decision not to retail these as hadn't seen them this season. Surprisingly I saw these being sold in a few places recently. Not available in the masses you usually see, but a small number of trays.

 

Tesco's have been selling trays of them over the last few weeks. I've grown them from seed for the first time this year and won't bother again, they are looking pretty pathetic!