Hi,
My pot plants have all apparently been infected with a virus. They have pale mottled patches on most of their leaves. I put a couple of plants out and within a few days they too had it.
I've heard that leafhoppers can cause similar symptoms, but can't find any details on treatment for them.
If it is a virus, does anyone have an organic approach to disinfetcing my tools and pots? I've resigned myself to throwing the plants away and starting from scratch.
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The leaf hoppers may have spread the virus by not cleaning their teeth between infected and healthy plants. All sap suckers do this. Organic cleaners - I think Citrox is the one to go for, it is based on an orange peel extract which is a powerful cleaner. It isn't entirely non-toxic (obviously!) and is particularly dangerous to aquatic life so don't splosh it around willy nilly.