Thanks for your response Sydney.
Yes, it is a heads up , which is why I returned those plants...so that growers and suppliers of these now popular plants need to get their cultural act togetherand nip these problems in the bud . There is no excuse for shipping out less than healthy plants. Although the big box stores sold countless tomatoe starts last season even though it was known they were infected, and one can still find Hostas with clear signs of disease for sale almost everywhere, it isn't right
Yes, I as a consumer can be careful, and try to treat my own plants as you have suggested above, but the problem starts long before I get my coleus fix for the season.
And here's something else: two of the plants I returned were Fishnet Stockings and Sedona, varietiies coleus lovers are attracted to but have widely divergent success with. Could it be that these two varieties are so tainted that they will not consistently grow well for the majority of us?
What other varieties will we loose to a careless industry whose bottom line is profit, not plants and people? Where and who are the growers with integrity like Chris of Bakers Acres? Or Pam at Rosy Dawn?
I have to stop for now and research the 13 new plants I just got today from Rosy Dawn I ordered late last Sat , putting my refunded money to a more justified use!
Judy
