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 -- Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu 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… > > > > > > > > -- > > David Pilling > > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > -- > HK🐇👸 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/