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Seed germination using Hydrogen Peroxide

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    JennyJ said:
      ... usually labelled "distilled vinegar".




     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Perhaps they don't do malt vinegar in the US
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I've always known them as white vinegar and brown vinegar, regardless of what labels say.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Just been checking. Apparently white vinegar is stronger so more useful for cleaning stuff and whatever. It's great for cleaning chrome bathroom radiators
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It will kill your weeds and the worms along with it. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited October 2022
    I agree. Not just for pickling! But never for pouring on plants, seeds etc, except maybe the black mould that grows in the edges of the window frames. But I usually use a drop of thick bleach on that (regular household bleach not hair bleach/hydrogen peroxide, so we haven't quite come full circle in this meandering discussion :)).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Drink a pint of hydrogen peroxide a day and it will cure cancer. Sadly you will be dead before this happens.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited October 2022
    Maybe when Trump recommended bleach to cure Covid, he got it mixed up with hydrogen peroxide.
    Maybe injecting white vinegar would work🤔
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited October 2022
    Commercial pickle manufacturers use, (according to those ingredient list I have read) Spirit Vinegar or Acetic acid.  The high strengths mean that they have a later Use-by date.

    My pickles use best Malt Vinegar.   No boiling, just a gentle cold dark maceration.
     They are vastly superior to commercial pickles.  Perhaps they don't last as long.  I usually let them pickle for 12m and they are all gone well within 24m.

    You've only my word for it.

    My gut bio-people are thriving, but you have only my word for that as well.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I use organic cider vinegar (quite affordable when bought in larger amounts) for my pickles and chutneys. A much better flavour and gentler on the innards. 😋 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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