British Columbia: Curly top virus - Sunshine Coast

Has anyone else on the Sunshine Coast been infected with Beet Curly-top Virus? I have discovered it on my tomatoes, potatoes, beans and beets here in Gibsons, BC. Apparently there is no cure. All that can be done is to destroy the infected plants as quickly as possible. This virus is spread by the innocent-looking leafhopper.

I am still recovering from the spotted-wing drosophila laying its eggs in my raspberries, and now this. Sheesh.

 

What I'd like to know is if I can throw my infected plants in the compost. Curly top is not transmitted plant-to-plant, as I understand it, but by the leaf hopper.

 

i hesitate to do things like that in a compromised disease situation like this - ie compost or the "green waste" no matter what the experts and journal articles say.

as much as I don't advocate "burning" - do you do that or a neighbor does it in the autumn (when the rains come back and it is legal to burn (fire hazard and air venting)?

there is the good old garbage truck option (do you live on the SC where there is weekly garbage p/u?) - put it in a "compostible bag" (those big brown paper bags at Home Hardware, LD, etc) and send it on its way.