Haha.... Tell the misses !!! I'm going to buy a bag of onions & a thermometer Steven : ) On 09/05/2013, at 9:56 PM, Hans-Werner Hammen <haweha@hotmail.com> wrote: > "to reach 46 C at the core the outer portion must be almost boiled" > This sounds interesting, says my wife! > > > >> From: ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com >> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 00:22:05 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Heat treatment for mosaic virus >> >> Well, the standard procedure involves using hot water and the temperature to be reached to be effective is 46 C at the bulb core for one hour. It gave good results but the bulbs were pretty battered by the treatment and took long to recover. The reason is evident: to reach 46 C at the core the outer portion must be almost boiled. > wiki > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/