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Gardening with Hydrogen Peroxide
This will be the most phenomenal article you will ever read. It deals with
something as simple as H2O2 (Peroxide) and is harmless to all good things. I
have been gardening for about 40 years and was wondering why bad bugs
had to have a very specific pesticide to control them. I had been inhaling
peroxide for aches, pains and allergies and it seemed to control all of them.
Not having any source to go to for the information on how to use peroxide
in the garden, I decided on the trial and error method. I have never started a project that I new how to get to the end, and this was noexception.
The beauty supply store would have the peroxide that I needed. The 40%
peroxide cost about $2.50 a quart. I bought the least expensive they had,
because I did not need any additives. Having no knowledge of what strength to use, I used 8% for my plants. They did not die so that is the strength I
have used ever since.
If you have a small garden you will need a hand squeeze
sprayer. A little
peroxide goes a long way. My lot is about 100 X 85 and I
use a six-gallon
sprayer. I have it mounted on a 2-wheel handcart. The
peroxide comes in
several strengths, so the strength you start out with is
not that important as
long as the final strength is 8%. Peroxide should be kept
out of the sun.
When you plant the seedlings dig the hole and spray it
with peroxide using
your hand sprayer. Wet it good and then wet the roots of
the seedlings or
small plant.
I don,t use any commercial fertilizers. I have my own well
so I have none of
those chemicals the government uses in their water. When I
prune the fruit
trees, I put the trimmings in the chipper and add all the
ashes from my wood
burner and then till them into the garden in the fall. My
garden is composting
all year long. The grass clippings are used for the
walkways between plants.
I started out with clay, now the soil is black and soft.
Corn was the first plant that I used the peroxide on. I
marked two rows off
and every 12 inches made a hole about 2 or 3 deep. I put
one kernel in each
hole then poured about third cup of 8% peroxide in each
hole and covered
them up. In 5 to 6 days the sprouts came up. Fourteen days
later I repeated
the process without the peroxide. They came up in 12 to 14
days. Fourteen
days later I repeated the first with the peroxide and they
came up in 5 to 6
days. As the corn grew the corn with out the peroxide did
not grow well as
the ones with peroxide. I have noticed that the birds do
not attack the ears of
corn any more, and I assume it is because there are no
worms in ears of
corn. Birds can fly over the corn and know there are no
worms in the corn.
Do they have a sense that man does not have?
Acorn squash was next. They were planted with out
peroxide. After 3 or 4
leaves formed the bugs made filigree of the leaves. One
new leaf was
untouched. I sprayed the plants with peroxide and as time
went by the plants
sprouted new leaves. They produced several squash. I
sprayed the plants
after every rain. I planted turnips with no peroxide and
the bugs over took
them. I wet them down with peroxide and that stopped the
bugs.
I planted radishes and they grew bigger than golf balls,
and had a mild and
firm taste. I will be planting radishes and carrots this
year. Last year the
turnips grew to 6 to 8 in diameter and were mild when
cooked.
The next year I decided to try soaking the seeds before I
planted them. I
soak them for three or four hours just before I planted
them. The only seeds
that did not survive the soaking were the navy beans. They
just slipped out
of their skins.
The potatoes have been interesting. The first year I
planted potatoes I
planted them without soaking them but sprayed them after
they came up. I
wet them down (not soaking) after they were 6 or 8 inches
tall. Then about
three weeks later I just sprayed a mist over them. They
had some very small
holes in them but they produced good potatoes. The next
year I soaked
them before planting and misted them when they came up.
Last year I had
several self-sow potatoes. I transplanted them but used no
peroxide on them.
I have had self-sow squash that came from plants that were
peroxide grown
and they were bug free without using peroxide.
In 2002 I used one ounce of 40% peroxide per gallon. Just
about every thing
that was green was sprayed and the results were a big
surprise to my wife
and me, We had no mosquitoes or any other flying bugs in
our yard. There
were a few ladybugs but they were few and far between. I
don,t think the
peroxide had any thing to do with the ladybugs directly.
However, the lack
of bugs for them to eat would be my guess why there were
so few.
The vegetable that gave me a problem was the cabbage. I
was determined to
conquer the cabbageworm. Years ago I sprayed the cabbage
plants with
peroxide to no avail. This year I soaked the cabbage seeds
before planting
them. There were no signs of the bug until the cabbage
plants were almost
full grown, then I poured about a quarter of cup of 8%
peroxide over the
cabbage, letting it flow down into the layers of the
leaves. That stopped the
cabbage bugs.
This year I will use hydrogen peroxide more freely on
every thing that is
alive and green in my yard and garden.
Bill Munro
land@landrights.com
http://www.landrights.com
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