This is a very interesting idea for me, as laboratories have always been my line of work. (though working in a hospital lab, I never actually did any tests on Amaryllis bulbs!) Good work, and thanks for writing!

Great article, JT. I feel like I just had a science lesson that I really understood.

Thank you.

Wonderful article. I love Amaryllis! Thank-you for sharing.

WOW! Thank you so much for this article. As you can see from my avatar, I love amaryllis too

I totally understood this whole article!!! Thank you.

Great article

This is good information to know, and also appreciate the info on making the box too!

Very cool, JT. It worked on the brugmnsia, too?

Carter,the jury is still out on brugs.I tried two varieties ,one with known virus and one just to see if the cuttings were harmed.None were harmed by 120 degree heat and the one with virus(4 cuttings) appears to be fine now.The problem with the brugs is that I have religiously culled varieties with virus so do not have much to work with.I do have two more varieties I will be trying this week but those are the last two with signs of virus so that will end the brug experiments for now.

This really is a very interesting article JT. Wonder if it would work on Tulip bulbs?

I don't see why it wouldn't work with tulips.I should have mentioned in the article that you do need to monitor the process closely.Air temp will go up rapidly and you must turn the lights off and on until you slowly coax the temperature up to the desired core temperature.A thermostat would be a nice addition.

My DH is very handy. He made a drying box for his flute making, with a heat lamp and small ceramic heater. He also said a water heater thermostat works great for something that requires that range of heat. For his flutes he uses a regular house thermostat.

A water heater thermostat!I never thought of that.I was thinking of an egg incubator thermometer but water heater sounds better.

DH said it is also cheaper.

got my attention JT. i think you are pretty smart to have thought of even trying this.

what do you think would happen to a canna in the "hot box"?

mamajack,cannas should be fine.One thing that made me think of this is the fact that my greenhouse has been well over 120 degrees several times and other than some severe wilting nothing was damaged.That was air temp of course.I plant to try this some more.I' certainly not claiming a virus cure but I do believe this has promise.I believe it enough that i will be doing this with all my bulbs each fall.

I enjoyed you article JT! I agree, looks like it has promise. - Arlan

JT.......where is the thread where we were talking about gmo's? i dont' want to lose that thread and besides i have a bunch of questions about them.

mamajack,gmo's?? Frgive the senior moment but what are we talking about?

JT, my apologies. not your senior moment but mine.

the thread i wanted was in larry's cubit. he wrote an article on gmo seeds. and for some reason i thought you wrote the article. sorry. found my thread.