Virused crinum: heat treatment?
Nhu Nguyen (Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:38:20 PDT)
I have heard of some people trying with Haemanthus bulbs but they have to
be soaked for a long time at high temperatures so that they are heated all
the way through. Many bulbs will often suffer from that high heat treatment
and many don't survive. They might have a better chance if they were in
tissue culture with more coddled conditions. The moral of the story is that
prevention is much easier than treatment.
Nhu
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 5:20 AM, Michael Mace <michaelcmace@gmail.com> wrote:
Supposedly heat treatment can clear viruses from plants. I've tried to
research that online, but it's hard to find specifics on how hot and how
long the treatment should be. It seems to me that with the advent of sous
vide cookers that can maintain precise temperatures for many hours, it
ought
to be possible for a home grower to attempt this sort of treatment.
Has anyone on the list tried it? Any thoughts?
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