I potted up some of my brug cuttings and noticed that one of the Cream Sickle cutting's leaves look mottled. They are growing normally but they all have areas of light green discoloration. Is this the mosiac virus? I'll try and get a photo later. If it is what do I need to do? It's been close to other cuttings, rooted in the same buckets and growing near other potted brugs. Will it spread to everything? Should I destroy it? I'd hate to do that because I have so few doubles to begin with. What exactly does the virus do to a plant besides give it a mottled appearance?
Karyn

I had some that looked like that and believe it is lack of light in my case. I don't worry about it unless I put them out in the spring and it continues...but miraculously...the spots disappear when the sun starts shinning directly on them. LOL! I'm sure they will be okay.

ChSam (Shirley Morr)
Chariton, Iowa
Zone 5

I agree with Shirley's assesment.They often do this at winter light levels.I would add...move it into full sun gradually next spring.

I'm glad I read this post, I have a few doing this too. Kind of wondered if it was the mosaic virus, but I had one once with this virus, and it was a severe discoloration in the leaves, nothing like I'm having now, just a little mottling going on. I won't worry about it. since it could be a winter thing.

Iv'e got all kinds of brugs with buds on them in the greenhouse, go figure.

I'm glad to see this as well, we have the mottled looking leaves on a few of the Brugs too. Actually, we were having several problems with them being in the gh, so we moved them out of it and back to the sidewalk for more light, more airflow, and less humidity. It's only been a couple of days and they're looking happier already.

Lynne
USDA Zone 9b
Heat Zone 10
Bradenton, Florida

I looked up the mosaic virus on the ABADS site and the leaves look quite similar I'm still holding on to the smallest amount of hope that it's from a lack of natural light but am not terribly optimistic. It did say that the virus won't kill the plant, just make it unsightly so I'm not going to do anything. I won't be taking any cuttings of that one and if I repot it I'll bag up and dispose of the soil in the trash, not the compost heap.
Karyn

Karyn, sounds like you're taking smart precautions "just in case". Probably good to sterilze or destroy any pots such a brug has been grown in. Keeping any soil or vegetation away from your compost sounds very smart to me.

Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

Hi all, I just joined here. Thanks to Jarie for telling me of this forum!
This is my first yr of having brugs & I am hooked. I too had something wrong with 2 (of 6 varieties) plants this summer. The leaves were deformed for awhile & few buds were deformed & fell off. Can't say they were 'mottled' though. When I read up on M.V., that was symptoms... small, deformed leaves. It all went away by end of summer. Fig trees are susceptible to this & I noticed a couple leaves on them were same. The place I bought brug cuttings from said they saw it too & didn't know what it was. I thought maybe too much ferts but I don't know.
Were your leaves deformed too? Anyone else see that?
Thanks, Patty

Hi, Patty and welcome - thanks, Jarie for telling her about us.
Come on in, pull up a chair and sit a spell - some wonderful folks on this forum.
Where are you located?

USDA Zone 7/8
Copper Canyon
North Central Texas

Hi Carrie, thanks I'm in Milwaukee, Wi where we are having unusually warm weather -upper 40's day 30's night. I don't know how to put all the "stuff" on LOL...just learning how to use this forum. Ex...do I have to write in the "message title"? I will find out soon LOL.
No one around here knows about brugs so it's nice to know ppl that do. I have 6 (besides cuttings rooted), & I brought 5 to basement to sleep. I left one in sunroom (kept cool) cuz I was too tired or lazy to take it down the steps, & it is growing slow but sure after all leaves fell off in Oct. So, yesterday I brought the others back to sunroom. It is not cold enough down there to make them dormant. Leaves are off, but new very yellow growth from no lite. It will get cold at night in there - no colder than upper 40's, but more light. I LOVE these things! Glad to be here

Hi Patty. Welcome to the forum :)I'm fairly new here also and everyone has been wonderful. My leaves aren't deformed just mottled and looking very much like the photo of a brug with a mosaic virus that's posted on the ABADS site. The affected plant is in the same area as some others and it's the only one with the weird leaves. I really need to post a photo.
Karyn

I have a dear friend in Mt. Horeb, Patty. You guys have had an unusual winter like the rest of us. Happy New Year to you and Happy Brug Growing.

USDA Zone 7/8
Copper Canyon
North Central Texas

Lots of good advice here. I use to worry about all the weird leaves I get. It only happens in the winter and I have learned it is normal. I have leaves that look crinkled, elongated, curled, spotted and just plain weird. They always return to normal come spring. I'm counting down.