i did not use any spray. for germination i have used a gardening soil recommended by the gardening store. when i came home i have seen that it had fertilizer already in it. (usually I use soil without fertilizer). Also I have a little green house window where the seedling stay during the night and bad weather. when the weather is good (sunny and at least around 60-74F) I put them outside (most of the days). they get direct sun for approximately 5-6 hours. Maybe over watering is the issue? The seeds come from the same vendor - Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. I had no problem with their seeds before so I think the problem might be on my side. Could I still use these plants? I just moved from Europe to CA and everything is new for me. I had a garden in Europe and never had problems with seedlings. Thanx for helping me.

Babka, pots are not option for me, I have the serious hosta fever in the last 5-7 years. Don't know exactly when it started. Few here few there, and bang I can't go a year without a number of hostas. I HAD over 300 even gardening under pines trees, but last year I was sick and many of those are tiny or didn't make it due to neglect of water. SO, I currently have 250ish plants. I don't know if I had the virus last year or not, if I did I didn't know. This year looking at them I was like saying to my husband somethings not right about these plants, so researching photos and hosta library confirmed it. I didn't want to accept it. I even sent a picture to Saskatoon school of Horticulture and they confirmed it, and today on here. Rough day for me!! Sad.........I think I have three more. I have ordered more hostas from three hosta nurseries in Ontario......so pray to God, these are good. Hope so, I will keep them isolated if I can. Thanks for the advice babs

The problem with a little new knowledge- I never noticed and worried about things like that before- thanks again for the reassurance! Now off to research transitional colors, viridescence and univittata (which I first read as "uninvited" LOL

Name: jucheck Filename: jucheck.exe Command: C:\Windows\System32\dllcache\jucheck.exe Description: Added by the W32.Scrimge.O worm. W32.Scrimge.O is a worm that spreads through Microsoft instant messaging clients and opens a back door on the compromised computer. File Location: C:\Windows\System32\dllcache\jucheck.exe Startup Type: This startup entry is started automatically from a Run, RunOnce, RunServices, or RunServicesOnce entry in the registry. HijackThis Category: O4 Entry Discovered: September 28, 2007 Updated: September 28, 2007 5:22:51 PM Also Known As: W32/Sdbot-DHX [Sophos], W32/Sdbot-DJL [Sophos] Type: Worm Infection Length 76,288 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Once executed, the worm copies itself as the following file: %System%\dllcache\jucheck.exe It then creates the following registry entries so that it starts when Windows runs: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"jucheck" = "%System%\dllcache\jucheck.exe" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\"MSNPRC" = "[PATH TO WORM]" That's where it comes from the registry run key It also modifies the following registry entry to lower security settings: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\"%Windir%\system32\dllcache\"jucheck.exe" = "%System%\dllcache\jucheck.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Sharing" The worm then connects to m.proxyisp.info on TCP port 21888 allowing unauthorized access to perform the following actions: Update itself Download additional files Spread using Microsoft instant messaging clients Delete itself The worm checks the the locale settings of the compromised computer and then spreads through Microsoft instant messaging clients by sending a zipped file attachment of itself along with a message composed of some of the following text: @ZHE SHI WO DE LUOZHAO :O QING BU YAO FA GEI BIEREN !!. YI ZHANG WO GEN WO PENGYOU ZUI HAO DE ZHAOPIAN :S !!. JIESHOU WO DE ZHAO PIAN :> !!. KAN WO DE ZHAOPIAN :D. NI HE WO !!! .... QING KAN :D. kAN BA LI XI ER DUN JIN JIANYU HOU SHI DUO ME QIAOCUI :<.> VOC TEM QUE VER ESTE RETRATO DE MIM