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seaeagle · March 15, 2022

I think you may have been fine if you had just washed the soil like you did and did not spray. From what I read the main action and benefit of hydrogen peroxide is to the roots as it adds more oxygen. Spraying as Ray stated is usually used as a pesticide.

It is also possible as others said the mix was to strong.

While I was reading I saw that tomato plants actually produce hydrogen peroxide as a defense mechanism. I had so many tabs open I lost that page

Here is an experiment a high school student did

https://csef.usc.edu/History/2013/Projects/J1717.pdf

March 15, 2022	#7
seaeagle Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: virginia Posts: 733	I think you may have been fine if you had just washed the soil like you did and did not spray. From what I read the main action and benefit of hydrogen peroxide is to the roots as it adds more oxygen. Spraying as Ray stated is usually used as a pesticide. It is also possible as others said the mix was to strong. While I was reading I saw that tomato plants actually produce hydrogen peroxide as a defense mechanism. I had so many tabs open I lost that page Here is an experiment a high school student did https://csef.usc.edu/History/2013/Projects/J1717.pdf Last edited by seaeagle; March 15, 2022 at 03:11 PM.