Leave JOTN and see if it's streaky still next year...then divide.

Your first plant likely has environmental damage from the awful freezing, heat, etc we had this spring. Watch the newly emerging leaves as your indicator.

I’ll thanks a stab that this, but I am not one of the experts.....question one as to whether there could be HVX in an area where an old hosta and possibly old seeding took root, I believe it is possible because this happened to me this year. HVX showed up on a 10 + years old gold standard. I dug it out. Here is a picture:

Not sure yours looks like this

For your second question, I have heard people say, that the sooner you divide your reverting hosta the more likely you are to save the “actual” hosta. However, if you’re happy with the look and don’t want to affect the growth size, leave it. What are hosta but plants we like? If you like it, leave it be for a while. 👍🏽

Thanks, guys. I think I'll leave both of them alone and see what happens next year. JOTN has one normal eye and one streaked, not a lot to play with.

i case you are waiting with baited breath [often wondered about that phrase] ... and just so you know.. i spelt it wrong on purpose ....

i have no clue nor opinion ... on the hosta ... and really need to turn off this computer ... if that need be said ...lol..

ken

go figure: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/baited-versus-bated

Hey Ken-

You wrote "and just so you know.. i spelt it wrong on purpose ...."

How about ""spelled" it wrong?

Madplanter- Regarding the JOTN, enjoy it, take photos, take notes and see what it looks like next year. ;-)

-Babka

gotcha babka ... lol ..

ken

or did i do some bad spellin on that word two???

oh.. steve.. i dont need to be told to do nothing ... its ingrained ... by now ...

To lead this thread down the trail Ken has provided ===>>> I always associated the phrase “waiting with bated breath” to be affiliated with swooning women waiting for their lovers.

:-)

debra

Now that we have the English lesson it is said that …..Generally speaking, "waiting with baited breath" means to have someone's rapt attention as they wait in anticipation of a comment, response or action by someone else. It's suggestive of having them on a fishing line and hook and they are waiting to be reeled in by whoever is holding the rod. So is this meaning "Hook , line and sinker" too :)

debra - i'm not sure that yours was hvx on that GS. I've seen a LOT of hostas on forums present w/ that odd coloration lately (especially w/ the wacky weather we had this year).

i had a hosta w/ the same mottled coloration on just one eye. i sent it in to the testing lab...not hvx (i already figured that part). also not tobacco streak virus...not mosaic and not something else i can't remember.

the pathology lab said they think it was environmental. just food for thought if you see it again...may be worth waiting a year!

There's never been HVX in the part of the garden where my seedling popped up. It was woodland until 8 or 10 years ago.

But I agree with ademink. I've had a hosta I would have sworn was virused twice. The first I doused with weed killer and put a paver over so I wouldn't accidentally use the area. The hosta managed to grow out from under the paver and hasn't shown a trace of virus since. The second I put off until fall, never got to, and it was fine the next year. If it's not where it will infect anything else, give it a year.