I have a couple questions. You said you got clones from mama funk. Put them in with your other veg stock, bunched them up, and then the rest of the plants got the viroid. Can you explain how your other plants got infected?
I am interested because I want to order from the Auntie when it warms up and get my mitts on that apple fritter.
My second question is why would you kill the mama funk clones and not get the offending ones from outside tested? The outside clones would be your control sample.
The other plants got infected because I regularly top and deleaf my vegging girls. This is the most common vector for hplvd - trimmers/scissors. So not only were they touching/bunched together, but they were sharing trim scissors, without cleaning them in between use.
The second question, I didn't know about hplvd when I dealt with MamaFunk. After seeing the symptoms in my garden, I searched around, and once I learned what hplvd was, I was a bit.. panicked. How contagious was it exactly? If I brushed up against an infected plant with my arm, and brushed another, could that spread it? Does it spread through the roots? Through runoff? Will a dead leaf from an infected plant still contain the viroid? How long does it survive without a living host? Will dried and cured flower pass it through trimmers/clothing/shoes? What a headache.
My solution was to immediately cull all of the symptomatic girls, deep clean the room, and buy new pots and trimmers. I kept the healthiest cut of only a handful of strains. To be certain my plan worked, I got these cuts tested. Even then, one of the girls ended up having it.
The question is framed in such a way that assumes I was interested in verifying MamaFunk's fault. I was not. I knew what happened. I wasn't interested in ruining her business, publicly shaming her, or getting a refund. My priority was to fix the problem I was dealing with by the time my flower room was ready to cycle. I still ended up two weeks behind schedule, but given the misfortune, everything worked out alright, and I gained experience and knowledge. I was cool with the whole thing. That's why I didn't advise people to avoid her, I just tell people to get their stuff tested.