I don’t have one, but is it possible to know the name of the wholesaler so we can avoid purchasing from them???

debra

i've had 2 and neither did well--they dwindled and died several years ago.

I have had mine since 2015 its doing fine

Bought mine last year at a nursery and went out now to look closely. Oh dear.

Indianagardengirl, sorry to see it.

Debra, all big stores are carrying loads of infected plants and am not sure on specific names but if you google Snake eyes suppliers few names come up. Not sure if mentioning names is legal.

Gotcha!
Indianagg, so sorry to see what looks like HVX….. ☹️ I got it on a Royal Standard maybe 5 years ago. Hard to deal with.

debra

Yes, has me paranoid about each new hosta I bought last year. I had not worried much about HVX because I had not seen it. How foolish of me!

Here is Fire Island. I thought it was sunburn, but it only gets a couple hours in early morning. now wondering if it is something more sinister.

My experience is FI burns easily. Mine only gets a slice of Sun through a fence and it burns there usually. I don’t think yours looks infected, I think it looks burned.

debra

I agree with Debra.

bk

Thanks Debra and bkay, appreciate both of you weighing in. I will move FI somewhere full shade. (After sterilizing my tools after the removal of Snake Eyes.)

Seeing this thread now, 2 weeks after I just bought Snake Eyes, at Walmart, no less. I think it looks ok. What do you guys think. And sorry, indianagardengirl to see yours was infected.

The Royal Standard I had was old and still manifested the virus. I did buy the test kit, $$$ and it did test positive. I chucked it and left the spot open. I read that it was ok to plant other plants in the soil, but not a hosta. It sat that way for several years. Last year Sage was getting so burned I moved it to a spot next to where the other hosta had been. It seems I read that after a few years it would be safe to plant in the area again. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

debra

My new Snake Eyes is planted, so too late to throw out the pot. I'm in Canada, so maybe the wholesaler here is ok. Guess time will tell.

Ironically, my Sun Power which I learned here on this forum was infected with HVX, I bought at an actual garden centre, not a big box one. It's been a few years since I dug it out, and I planted turtleheads in the spot, and they seem happy. 🙂