hydrogen peroxide used throughout a grow .

anyone use hydrogen peroxide regularly through out a grow. most likely no right . its not organic it will
kill bennys microbes , bacteria ect. thats the general argument . but its found in plants, animals all liveing organisms and the rain itself . microbes make it in the decomposeing processes in a vary low sulution , diluted pretty much. scientist have discovered some forms of bacteria that can break down toxic liquid gold. and turn it into solid 24k gold .the costs of makeing said bacteria though. is not worth the gold. so could the good guys ,bennys microbes be stonger then we may think. they have evolved through worse right . well if anything im going to find out . and feel free to voice your o.p and any concerns or just some experiences that prove otherwise thanks everyone .

I do, 2-3ml of 29% for every gallon of water that goes into my garden.

never touch the stuff.

Use it regularly also, start to finish and haven't had a problem. In the past i have battled root rot and am scared to death of it. 29% H2o2 keeps the girls roots nice and white. I should add that I am using GH, so there is nothing organic so a sterile environment works great for me. If you got any organic aspect to your grow than H2o2 probably isn't for you

I should add that I grow DWC. The first two years I grew hydroponicly I did not use H2O2 and I used a compost tea with active beneficial bacteria, no problems with my grows. Then I discovered H2O2, and after lots of reading I decided I must try it. So I stopped using the tea and started using H2O2.... The first thing I noticed was that my reservoir looked cleaner. My overall results were pretty much the same though but I like the idea of keeping sterile reservoir and I believe it's good product so I continue to use it.

As the the beneficials Vs H2O2 debates goes, I've done then both and saw virtually no difference in the end results. I like H2O2 and Decided to stick with it.

Yeah..i add a cap full or two to the res every now an then, just to give the roots some oxygen, kil any pathogens

i found it helps keep them healthy and bug free . i use soil but i also make compost teas and use alot of compost
if i used chems i would have a problem . too much of anything can be bad,water fertilizer, its called moderation right but as i said ill just replace bennys and microbes with teas so im not worried im useing 2 caps to a little less then a gallon. with no
problems thanks guys for shareing your experience with this later

I add it to my foliage spray but only a little but i add a lil extra nutes

HotShot7414 said:

I add it to my foliage spray but only a little but i add a lil extra nutes

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You add it to your foliar spray? How come?

2-3ml/gal. Of 29-35%. don't use the 3% from the store. If you use it every change don't use zymes or teas.

i use up to 4 mls a gal. it def. takes care of root ro.

I was just discussing this in 2 other post with people with hydro root rot. Use hydrogen pro oxide it works great. I poor a little in every few days I have huge healthy roots with plants half a foot tall in 2 weeks super healthy. It helps oxygen goto the roots and kills any harmful bacteria.

I used to use it. Now the bottle I have leftover is used to sterilize growstones, water pumps, hoses, and anything else thats hard to take apart and clean id just run h2o2 thru it.

I do not miss white burning stains on my fingers from a splash. Do not miss having to add it back every 3-4 days. Do not miss the 15 dollars a liter price of the 29%.

I tried benes for a month or so. Just stained my roots from the EWC used, even though I filtered most of it out, micro particles still come out.

I now just use municipal water and do res cleanings every 2 weeks and my plants are thriving still. Easiest solution. I realize some peoples water might not be that great, and some peoples cleaning habits might not also be great. I wash my hands everytime I go in the room and change out of clothes if I wore them outside in the past 12-24 hours. And I clean the room after each grow.

pondzyme. no brewing, no staining, and cost is pennies.

While it does take care of root rot and add oxygen it's also in my opinion changing the properties of the water. Not saying don't use it I used it for a while until I just kept my res changed regularly and no more problems.

beuffer420 said:

While it does take care of root rot and add oxygen it's also in my opinion changing the properties of the water. Not saying don't use it I used it for a while until I just kept my res changed regularly and no more problems.

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Anything you add to water will change its properties, but the one thing that will cause the least amount of change is h2o2. It is essentially water (h2o) with an extra (o) molecule.

superstoner1 said:

pondzyme. no brewing, no staining, and cost is pennies.

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You again?

As for changing the properties of water. It does, that's why we use it. In addition to its anti microbial properties, the equation is 2 h2o2= 2 h2o and o2. In other words pure dissolved oxygen.

There is no benefit in using H2O2 in a foliar spray. It's an antimicrobial which gives off oxygen when it breaks down in contact with microbes. Leaves have no interest in oxygen- that's their waste product. It also evaporates readily, making it not well suited to mould & mildew control on surfaces. If you want to knock down powdery mildew, there's better things to use, notably a sulfur 'burner' (actually an evaporator), which puts an extremely fine coating of sulfur on all surfaces of your grow room (including the leaves), which make the surface inhospitable to mould spores.

Organic hydroponics is an inexact process at best. Relying on competing bacterial controls for pathogens works sometimes, sometimes doesn't. H2O2 should not be used in organic-based hydro systems or in soil. Inorganic based hydro systems can use H2O2 for pathogen control and are predictable, reliable and clean.

'A capful now and then' is not an appropriate way to use H2O2. You must use high strength H2O2 and apply it regularly; I use 50% grade at the rate of 1ml/L every 3-4 days. If you can't get 50%, see if you can find 29-30% and use 1.7ml/L. Don't use 3% pharmacy grade- it contains sodium stannate as stabiliser to prevent H2O2 from breaking down into H2O + O in storage. Sodium stannate is toxic to plants. Also, even without stabilisers, use of 3% would require about 17ml/L every 3-4 days, which is impractical for even modest sized nutrient reservoirs. My 125L tanks would require 2.125L of 3% every 3-4 days.

compost microorganisms not only convert organic material to humus. but also degrades toxic chemicals into simpler ,benign
organic molecules. chemicals include gasoline diesel, jet fuel,oil,greese wood perservatives ,pcbs coal gasification, waste rifinery waste, insecticides herbicides , tnt and other explosives ,freon,pcps and some will even covert uranium. compost is also used for biofiltration systems. biofilters so im thinking why not hydrogen peroxide .even sodium stannate its nothing compaired to all these .but ok