Has anyone tried H2O2 solutions for seed sprouting?

HydroExplorer · June 12, 2015

I am having some germination problems with some old seeds (some probably 5 yrs old). I thought maybe I was doing something wrong but I wanted to avoid using the paper towel method because I don't want to damage the root systems when transplanting my plants.

While researching what I might be doing wrong I stumbled on some youtube videos on seed sprouting. One company makes a seed soak product that effervesces O2 and encouarges sprouting. That got me looking into H2O2 because that's one of the properties of H2O2.

Well it turns out there are a lot of people doing various forms of H2O2 soaking with varying levels of success. A lot of these people claim that there's no such thing as bad seeds. One thing that seems to be consistent is that all people having success are dilluting the H2O2 to < 3% concentration.

The most compelling information I've found on this can be found here.
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/25455-...soaking/page-2

I'm going to be buying some spectricide on my way home from work.

I also found this page which is probably useful for resolving other garden problems.
http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.c...-peroxide.html

I haven't tested any of this yet but I intend to test it thoroughly. I typically prefer to grow things from cutting rather than seed but I think it makes a lot of sense to grow some things from seed.

Anyway, I wanted to pass this along in case it is helpful to others.

June 12, 2015	#1
HydroExplorer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 132	Has anyone tried H2O2 solutions for seed sprouting? I am having some germination problems with some old seeds (some probably 5 yrs old). I thought maybe I was doing something wrong but I wanted to avoid using the paper towel method because I don't want to damage the root systems when transplanting my plants. While researching what I might be doing wrong I stumbled on some youtube videos on seed sprouting. One company makes a seed soak product that effervesces O2 and encouarges sprouting. That got me looking into H2O2 because that's one of the properties of H2O2. Well it turns out there are a lot of people doing various forms of H2O2 soaking with varying levels of success. A lot of these people claim that there's no such thing as bad seeds. One thing that seems to be consistent is that all people having success are dilluting the H2O2 to < 3% concentration. The most compelling information I've found on this can be found here. http://thehotpepper.com/topic/25455-...soaking/page-2 I'm going to be buying some spectricide on my way home from work. I also found this page which is probably useful for resolving other garden problems. http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.c...-peroxide.html I haven't tested any of this yet but I intend to test it thoroughly. I typically prefer to grow things from cutting rather than seed but I think it makes a lot of sense to grow some things from seed. Anyway, I wanted to pass this along in case it is helpful to others.