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Unhappy virus?

Can anyone tell me if this is a virus? Thanks, Lisa
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Old 03-21-2009, 08:01 AM
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The light brown looks like dead chlorophyll so I lean toward sunburn or damage from insects or chemicals.
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I've had a couple plants with a virus. They looked nothing like that. I would go with insect or chemical damage. Has anything odd been sprayed on them?
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I agree with everyone above. It doesn't look anything like a virus to me. I suspect some kind of burn from a chemical or perhaps sunburn resulting from water droplets on the leaf.
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Me too, i agree that it is watering or chemicals left on the leaves while the sun is shining straight onto it. The magnified light on the droplets causes such round and unified patches.

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