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Using Hydrogen Peroxide in Your Hydroponics Gardening System

Hydrogen peroxide or H202 is a well-known disinfectant and has been used widely for waste-water purification and treatment.

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Hydrogen peroxide or H202 is a well-known disinfectant and has been used widely for waste-water purification and treatment. The substance can remove the organic impurities, can be used for sterilizing the surgical tools and rooms, and has a broad spectrum of efficacy against many kinds of yeasts, bacteria, viruses and the bacterial spores. The chemical is hence also quite important and useful when used in the hydroponics system (a system where plants are grown without soil and by using water solvent that has the minerals and other nutrients).

The chemical can be highly useful for the system where the solvent is kept at a temperature of more than 72 degrees Fahrenheit. The level of oxygen in warm water decreases and pathogens including anaerobic bacteria, fungi and viruses can easily grow in such water. Hydrogen peroxide increases the oxygen strength of the solvent, cleans the pathogens, and provides for plants with big leaves and thick stems that grow faster due to a higher nutrient intake.

Chemistry

Hydrogen peroxide has one more oxygen atom in comparison to water. The chemical breaks down effortlessly in water and increases the oxygen content of any water medium. The chemical and its use are highly advantageous for the plants that get harmed mostly by the anaerobic bacteria. Some common anaerobic pathogens that damage the plant’s health include bacterial wilt, fusarium fungi, and pythium fungi among others.

Some expert plants are of the opinion that the chemical should be used in all kinds of soils as well. This may not be beneficial, as the soil also has those friendly microorganisms, fungi and other constituents that actually provide for healthier plants. Hence, hydrogen peroxide should only be used as a kind of treatment for the sick and ailing plants, and when the yield is prone to pathogen attacks.

Do not use the 3% Hydrogen Peroxide solution

The 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide, widely available as an OTC product at medical stores and at other places should not be used for plant and hydroponics treatment. This is so because it has a low chemical percentage, of around 3%. Further other substances (such as acetanilide) are also added to the chemical so that it does not break down. While the solution may be good for wound cleaning and disinfection it is not what you need for growing healthy plants.

Use the 35% Solution of Hydrogen Peroxide

The 35% Hydrogen Peroxide is widely used the world over for the hydroponics systems, and leading hydrogen peroxide suppliers provide to you the chemical at economically feasible costs. It should be handled with care and caution as it is a potent acid. You can add 3 ml of the liquid to every gallon of water (3ml: 1-gallon ratio). Leave the solution for around half an hour so that the chemical can kill the pathogens. Nutrients should be subsequently added to the water.

You can add the chemical while changing the nutrients, or use the solution every 4 days, which is the time interval during which a single H202 application remains potent. Properly mix the solution in water, so that the roots do not get harmed.

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