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Hey, I hope the brandyboys are up to it eh

So do I. Authentic Brandyboy would probably behave the same
way as the New Yorker did, "no problem", but I was wondering
if the Faux Brandyboy also carries the genes for verticillium
tolerance (and if it is stable, so I need to grow more than one
plant of it; probably put a second one in another HEB with
fresh container mix or in a spot that had no verticillium this
year, so I can at least taste it and save seeds even if it turns
out to be susceptible to the disease).

I would not normally keep any container mix where a plant
had developed a disease, especially a soil-borne disease like
verticillium wilt, but in this case it is an opportunity for a test
or two. I can grow a Pipo in the same container with the Faux
Brandyboy initially to make sure that the disease is still
present the next year (since I know that Pipo is susceptible).

Another test is to see whether shredded leaves from a native
Magnolia tree mixed into the container mix has a similar
inhibitory effect on verticillium that an alcohol extract of
Chinese Magnolia had on verticillium in some research done
in China. Probably grow another Pipo plant in a smaller
container for that test. Verticillium tends to be hard to get
rid of once your soil has it, so I am confident that it will
survive the winter in the container mix that had it this year
and still be there to test with next summer.

Edit:
PS: Earthtainers where the plant has shown some
possibly soil-borne disease would probably need to
have the container mix changed out and the whole
thing disinfected with bleach, to make sure that the
disease does not linger in the water reservoir.
The container mix could maybe be spread out
between two layers of plastic, with the top one
clear, and solarized for a month or two in the sun
before reusing it (or treated with an extract that
will kill it if you know what disease it was exactly,
although a fresh bag of container mix might be
cheaper than a bottle of the necessary extract).

One could also grow some other kind of veggie in it
for a few years that is not susceptible. Verticillium
in particular is kind of a stubborn organism. Ag
publications have recommended 6-year rotations
with grains and other not susceptible crops to get
rid of it in field soils and garden beds.