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Problems with my Canna. Help Please.

YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
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One of the leaves on my Canna is looking a bit weird wondered if it was the dreaded Canna Virus.  Can anyone help.

Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
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  • nultyphilip224nultyphilip224 Posts: 923
    I have about 10 Canna in the garden and am always watching in case that Virus appears,..so far nothing seen,..your leaf has marks similar to the Canna Virus but only on that leaf nothing on the others,..be it the Virus or not it would be safer to cut off that leaf and burn it,..any Canna Virus i have seen tended to cover more of the leaf than shown in yours,..more mottled or striped yellowish,..hopefully this isn't the Virus.

    Philip
    glengarry23 - YouTube
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Thanks Philip.  I hope it's not the virus too.  I have fed them with Tomorite recently and wonder if that could have caused it.  Maybe I should feed with something else.  I've just noticed that one other canna has a similar mark in it's leaf but much smaller.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2018
    @Hostafan1 has experience of the Canna virus ... 

    I thought the discolouration followed the veins in the leaf ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Had a look on the internet Dove and it doesn't look like the images but I don't know what it could be.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I don't think that is virus.
    I have seen many images of it and it does not look like it.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Beginning to breath a sigh of relief but I'd love to know what's caused it.  The leaf feels like all the others, not floppy like it might be if it was overwatered, even then I'm sure it would affect more than one leaf.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • nultyphilip224nultyphilip224 Posts: 923
    Dovefromabove said:
    @Hostafan1 has experience of the Canna virus ... 

    I thought the discolouration followed the veins in the leaf ... 

    Good point Dovefromabove,..i missed out on that,..even more helpful to @Yviestevie,..well done.
    glengarry23 - YouTube
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I think it looks like sun scorch which often happens when plants first go into the garden.
    Devon.
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    I suppose it could be, although they have been outside for a few weeks now in the same spot and we have had it hotter than this.  As long as it's nothing to worry about I'm not bothered by the discolouration.  I was just worried about it spreading to the others. 
    Thanks for your input everyone.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • danieldrennenEatRTq0XdanieldrennenEatRTq0X Posts: 1
    Hello, did you find the cause in the end?  My cannas grown indoors from seeds are all showing the same signs.  I was wondering if I had overfed them too as most people from fb don’t think it is the virus.. much appreciated.
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