OK here we go.
TMV is NOT a Cannabis virus!
Neither is Sun-Hemp virus! This is a BEAN virus that effects only legume strains!
After a group of growers (I belonga this group) sent literally hundreds of plant samples to Ag labs at MSU. NEVER was it EVER found to be a TMV virus.
After long personal talks with grad students and Prof's . We figured that TMV in cannabis is a myth. A now working for me grad student even attempted to infect cannabis with TMV. It would not take.
IF you were to get a virus. It would have to be a hemp/hops related one! There are NOT many of those, and as an organic farmer of Hops (among other things). I have yet to see a viral issue.... It's just not very prevalent.
Now then. It looks to me like you may have a BROAD mite issue! The ONLY way to get rid of those?
FORBID 4F - 1.2 ml per gallon of water max. You LIGHTLY mist the tops of the leaves and do it again 6 days later. Boom done.
They can cause a version of "variegation" that mimic's what you have perfectly. They do not spread fast but, get rid of them!
You may see some continue - how ever slowly.
Still, treat those too.
I've gotten rid of mine and have never had an issue again - in years and years.
Now Russet mites can give you that shrivilly like new growth look too. BUT, no variegation look.
These fuckers are a bitch the get rid of.
You must alternate the use of FORBID and AVID for 2 treatments each - one every 5 days.
Letting Russet mites go to long can, and will, do DNA damage to the strains infected with them.
Some folks simply toss the plants and sanitize their grow.
Be sure to sanitize your grow after treating your plants too!
Happy trails!
