I strongly agree with removing excess bottom water. That's always a good idea, especially if you do one heavy top-watering after a few eeeks, to flush excess salt or fertilizer builup in the pot.
Gymgirl,
Was your formula for starting with 3% peroxide, or
32-35% peroxide?
I am guessing you use "35%". Drug stores often carry both strengths.
BTW, here is another reccomendation for H2O2 strength,
for uses
other than watering baby seedlings.
They seem to be suggesting 2-4 times what you use
0.1% to water or mist plants, to soak seeds, or wash seed sprouts
0.2% for spraying on sick or fungusy plants
starting with 3% H2O2:
0.1%
One and a half teaspoons of 3% peroxide per cup of water, or
1 ounce of 3% peroxide per Quart of water or
1/2 cup of 3% peroxide per gallon
0.2%
One TABLEspoon of 3% peroxide per cup of water, or
2 ounces of 3% peroxide per Quart of water or
1 cup of 3% peroxide per gallon
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If you start with
32% or 35% peroxide, you might want to dilute a little of that by 1/10th and then use the above formula.
Or, from that same website,
0.1%:
2 teaspoons of
35% peroxide per gallon of water
0.2%:
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoonof
35% peroxide per gallon of water
from:
http://www.using-hydrogen-pero...
