Very interesting Peter, could be a natural leaf mutation, I'm not knowledgeable on viruses that affect avocados except anthracnose which that clearly isn't. Bit of fun to see if it can be preserved or will clear itself
Thanks, Brett! Yeah, it's pretty much impossible to say whether it's a mutation or caused by a virus without a test. But I couldn't find anything specifically about any mosaic virus that affects avocados (or at least none of the images look like the leaves on mine) and the only way I can see it would have contracted it would be from the scion I grafted. But either way, it's just a bit of fun to see whether it turns keeps the pattern or not.
Sometimes variegation on leaves can be detrimental to the plant. The lack of green reduces the plants ability to photosynthesise, and the vigour of the plant will be less than a non variegated plant.
Yeah, that's true Louise. My variegated lemon tree is definitely a much slower grower than any of my non-variegated lemon trees. I'm mostly just growing this as a bit of an experiment and wondering if the pruning will encourage variegated growth from the dormant buds. It will be interesting to see what happens 👍
Thanks, yeah it's a very unusual pattern. Hmm, yeah I suppose it's possible that a virus caused it. Maybe the scion I added, which has now failed, might have introduced something?
If you manage to get a branch from it and graft it to another non variagated avo tree and it maintains variagation then you jave a winner. And you should contact your ministry of agri for the award.
Thanks, Joe! Yeah, it is very unusual. I know some viruses cause variegation in some species. Although I don't know if that's the case with avocados, I'll definitely keep an eye on it and keep it away from other avocados just as a precaution.
@@PeterEntwistle it still looks healthy, which is a good thing. Good idea to keep it away from others just in case 🙌🏾🌱….you may just have a new variegated variety 🤩
Wow!!! Virus or not, it looks amazing!!
Thanks! Yeah, it's got a very unusual pattern. I'm hoping it's due to a random mutation rather than a virus 🤞
Very interesting Peter, could be a natural leaf mutation, I'm not knowledgeable on viruses that affect avocados except anthracnose which that clearly isn't. Bit of fun to see if it can be preserved or will clear itself
Thanks, Brett! Yeah, it's pretty much impossible to say whether it's a mutation or caused by a virus without a test. But I couldn't find anything specifically about any mosaic virus that affects avocados (or at least none of the images look like the leaves on mine) and the only way I can see it would have contracted it would be from the scion I grafted. But either way, it's just a bit of fun to see whether it turns keeps the pattern or not.
Sometimes variegation on leaves can be detrimental to the plant. The lack of green reduces the plants ability to photosynthesise, and the vigour of the plant will be less than a non variegated plant.
Yeah, that's true Louise. My variegated lemon tree is definitely a much slower grower than any of my non-variegated lemon trees. I'm mostly just growing this as a bit of an experiment and wondering if the pruning will encourage variegated growth from the dormant buds. It will be interesting to see what happens 👍
🥑😋🥑🥑🥑 It's very decorative. But could it be something like tobacco leaf mosaic virus?
Thanks, yeah it's a very unusual pattern. Hmm, yeah I suppose it's possible that a virus caused it. Maybe the scion I added, which has now failed, might have introduced something?
If you manage to get a branch from it and graft it to another non variagated avo tree and it maintains variagation then you jave a winner. And you should contact your ministry of agri for the award.
I'm sure they won't be interested lol 😂
Looks pretty cool 😎 very unusual…but may be some sort of virus.
Thanks, Joe! Yeah, it is very unusual. I know some viruses cause variegation in some species. Although I don't know if that's the case with avocados, I'll definitely keep an eye on it and keep it away from other avocados just as a precaution.
@@PeterEntwistle it still looks healthy, which is a good thing. Good idea to keep it away from others just in case 🙌🏾🌱….you may just have a new variegated variety 🤩