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Originally Posted by BlackBear
oh possibly this dry heat process info. is interesting Industry "guild" trade secrets ???
or proprietary close hand knowledge ???
I will look a little for the dry heat subject ......
But in the meantime the Cornell info. on Hot water bath tables is good for me.
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For sure, if you want to experiment with heat treatment it's nice that that Ohio
stuff was written up for hobbyists.
Businesses don't train others on their hard-earned know-how, why would they?
Heck I've met cut-throats hobbyists online that are worse than the seed companies
LOL, so I wouldn't single out quality companies producing certified & clean seed,
since at least you can get a paycheck out of them. Plus breeders can be a
strange lot so it kind of influences the company's character.
One good independent breeder is Fred Hempel who posts here. He got it right
using the chemical TSP if you can buy some, it is something else to look into
which will give you a practical method. I don't recall what he uses but I think it
is the literature recommended 10%. I use ~5% for a half hour and occasionally
lose track of time with no problems resulting. And that is in addition to heat
treatment.
The other information has got to be out there, and the only question is whether
it is served up on a silver platter or not. The dry heat is good reading but you
probably won't do it unless you are a mad scientist, though it would be fun to
try. It also does TMV, the other related virus you mentioned.
Cheers