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[Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Since heat destroys the hormones, I assume it would not be advisable to use
hot water in making willow tea?

I know someone suggested using a hot water soak to speed up the process.

Tom

edforest55@hotmail.com wrote:

> Since no one responded to Tom's question about hormones passing
> through clay pots, I'll just add a little-
> when doing tissue culture, since hormones are destroyed by heat and
> can't be sterilized using pressure cookers or the like, extremely
> fine filters are used to sterilize the hormone mixture. Hope this
> gives you a general idea of the permeability of these hormones, as
> far as how small the pores in clay pots are, I haven't a clue, but if
> you can find out I can look up how fine the tissue culture filters
> are used to sterilize the mixes, if you really want to know.
> kevin
>

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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a



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