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Hydrogen Peroxide for sprouts

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gvittman

Hi, I came across an interesting article, saying that watering seeds with peroxide makes them sprout faster, with up to 50% gain in time, and that watering the sprouts with a solution of one third 3% Hydrogen Peroxide and two thirds water, makes them grow faster. When you google you will find many articles, but a good general overview article is the following:
http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/peroxide-garden.html
An article about sprouting seeds:
http://www.articlesbase.com/gardeni...head-start-with-hydrogen-peroxide-131216.html

What do you think? Could it work on pepper seeds? As far as I remember hydroxide is acid, which doesn't sound positive for peppers.
 
IMO, Hydrogen Peroxide is good in small quantities when needed...the down side to it is it kills the beneficial bacteria and microbes in the soil besides killing the nasties...I use it when absolutely necessary with seeds/seedlings but only when it is needed...in the summer time when temperatures get really hot, root rot is an issue from overwatering...I know that for a fact...lost 75 plants in 2008....I was able to save a few by using the peroxide...1 Tbsp per gallon...I actually may have used 2.....

as far as it being an aid to plant growth...I would be highly suspect of that...
 
+1
If you're growing hydroponically you don't usually have to worry about killing beneficial microbes but the H2O2 can still break down nutrient bonds. Personally I use it for pre-treating water and for cleaning pots, surfaces and supplies.
 
gvittman said:
Hi, I came across an interesting article, saying that watering seeds with peroxide makes them sprout faster, with up to 50% gain in time, and that watering the sprouts with a solution of one third 3% Hydrogen Peroxide and two thirds water, makes them grow faster. When you google you will find many articles, but a good general overview article is the following:
http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/peroxide-garden.html
An article about sprouting seeds:
http://www.articlesbase.com/gardeni...head-start-with-hydrogen-peroxide-131216.html

What do you think? Could it work on pepper seeds? As far as I remember hydroxide is acid, which doesn't sound positive for peppers.
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I think in this forum I am the most qualified person to answer your question.

I have had 5 years experience marketing Hydrogen peroxide based swiss product for floriculture and food industry.

Hydrogen peroxide acts as some type of hormone booster both at seeding and sprouting stage and also at flowering stage.

My company had asked me to spray for Bortrytis (fungus) infection on Roses which were cultivated in green houses for exports.

After two weeks of spraying once a week, there was no fungus present but the company registered 300 percent growth in production of flowers.

I was thus instrumental in developing a new market for this product (99.9 percent Hydrogen peroxide and rest of silver in colloidal form)

I have had a tremendous success on grown plants at all stages . I presume that washing/treating the seedling with 5 percent Hydrogen peroxide first for five minutes to kill fungus infection and then treating seedlings with diluted Hydrogen peroxide should do the trick.

NJA
 
I have also used Lacto Bascillus of simple plain yogurt as a treatment of soil before planting . The result was encouraging as Lact Bascillus seems to destroy nad bacteria and boosts root system.
This was long back.
 
Hey NGA, and what about the acidity of the H2O2? Do you neutralize it afterwards using extra calcium, or maybe a better question, does the soil which is typically used (pH 7-8) not neutralize the H2O2?
In the link which I posted they talked to add 30% of 3% H2O2 to the water.

Sounds interesting and maybe worth a try.
 
I'm a little bit torn on this one- I've read the articles before and they show there is a definite drop in mortality rates with the use of Hydrogen Peroxide.

But the research is for one thing- mass production on plants to produce high yield in a hurry, to hell with the mortality or overall general health of the plants long term. The research was not geared for follow up on plant mortality rates or for more than one picking.

All that being said, I do use it as a foliar spray, but I don't use it to soak seeds. My seed starting procedure is to wash EVERYTHING with 10% Bleach, rinse the crap out of it, and nuke the starter cube before planting. After planting, I keep it moist in the grow chamber. I have great start mortality rates- I don't kill 'em off until a few months go by.
 
The beauty of H2 O2 is, the extra oxygen which is released as Nascent oxygen lasts for a very short time only and is either released in atmosphere .
I am of the opinion that H2O2 should be sprayed in 1percent strength on plants using a minute spray device sold in US under cyclone or some such name.

You can have a control section and do this simple inexpensive experiment using 1 percent H2O2 spray on plants once in three days till they bear fruits.
You might be astonished at what you discover in terms of productivity.

NJA
 
NJA, do you know the actual mechanics of how it works?...like it increases this hormone and decreases that one...or can you point me to a scholarly article that gives the details of how it works?
 
Naga Jolokia Addict said:
I was thus instrumental in developing a new market for this product (99.9 percent Hydrogen peroxide and rest of silver in colloidal form)

NJA
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I am curious about this quote NJA. Is that 99.9% H2O2 Solution, or 99.9% H2O2? The reason I ask is when I had to go through my HAZWOPER training at work, there were many horror stories about Peroxide exploding. It can be quite volatile and can be quite explosive which is why it is sold generally in 3% or 6% concentrations for home use. There are also restrictions on the shipping peroxide as well. Don't remember them off hand though. I personally would not want to handle nearly pure H2O2.

jacob
 
jjs7741 said:
I am curious about this quote NJA. Is that 99.9% H2O2 Solution, or 99.9% H2O2? The reason I ask is when I had to go through my HAZWOPER training at work, there were many horror stories about Peroxide exploding. It can be quite volatile and can be quite explosive which is why it is sold generally in 3% or 6% concentrations for home use. There are also restrictions on the shipping peroxide as well. Don't remember them off hand though. I personally would not want to handle nearly pure H2O2.

jacob
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jjs,

the product contained diluted H2O2. I remember it to be 30 percent strength or so.
100 percent h202 is most explosive thing.

What I meant was 99.9 percent by volume of the product was H2O2 and not its strength.

NJA
 
Interesting article Potawie, but I notice that the quantity of H2O2 used is quite a bit less than the quantities that NJA talked about. 1.3 tsp/gallon of 3% H2O2 corresponds if I calculate right to about 0.2 volume percent of 3% H2O2.

NJA, how do you deal with the acidity?
 
good article Derek...thanks...

I may start pretreating my seed starting mix...
 
I generally avoid H2O2 in my feed water since I like to encourage beneficial microbes in my soil, and I also sometimes use nutrients with beneficial microbes which I don't want to kill. I do use the 35% food grade peroxide for pre-treating water(breaks down to water and oxygen) and for cleaning pots, surfaces and supplies, and for treating sick plants.
 
I grow in hydro and all water in the system is pre-treated with 500 ppm hydrogen peroxide. I rarely see any pathogens and it even controls slime molds.
 
Do you encourage using this in the early stages of seedling growth? I have spray bottle with a few drops of Superthrive - would h.peroxide be beneficial at this stage? If so, how much per 30 oz bottle of water?

And while the seeds are germinating ... how much peroxide?
 
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