Brunsvigia Josephinia

Paul Licht plicht@berkeley.edu
Mon, 31 Aug 2015 08:23:01 PDT
Brunsvigia josephinae seeds are notoriously easy to germinate without hot
water tanks. The hard part is getting them to grow to flowering size which
takes many years (a decade or more),.

Paul

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On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 4:36 AM, From HK <hk@icarustrading.com> wrote:

> Thank u david
>
> On Monday, August 31, 2015, David Pilling <david@pilling.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 31/08/2015 12:14, From HK wrote:
> >
> >> What is a hot water cylinder and how did it play a part in the
> >> germination ?
> >>
> >
> > Old domestic plumbing features a hot water storage tank (aka cistern, aka
> > cylinder) - often located in an "airing cupboard" where clothes are
> dried.
> > A place that is constantly warm and hotter than anywhere else in the
> house.
> >
> > For more detail of the engineering see:
> >
> >
> >
> http://aphc.co.uk/UNDERSTANDING%20HOT%20WATER%20SY…
> >
> >
> >
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