@@Samanthax1221 thanks so much Nick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
Hydrogen peroxide is a lifesaver for cactus seedlings! I like how I hear the fizzle when you use it. I know something is working. 😉 Thank you for sharing this great tip, Lyn! More cactus babies for you! 🌵🌵🌵🌵
So happy you love Hydrogen peroxide too Ana and I love the fizz of it too haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a terrific Tuesday today XXXXX
This is such an indispensable tip for starting anything from seed. You can sterilize your growth medium as much as you want, but it's difficult to stop airborne fungi from colonizing the top of your soil, which is usually the cause of wispy white mold on the top of seedling cells. Hydrogen peroxide not only kills the fungus almost immediately, it aerates the soil by decomposing into water and oxygen and also softens seed coats, promoting faster germination. It can be reapplied weekly until transplantation, at which point the plants will be large enough that the fungus is harmless to them.
Thank you so much William :-D the Hydrogen peroxide really is so good for keeping the fungus off the soil and seedlings, and is so good for aerating the soil too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Haha, glad to see you make a video on this!, ive been using Hydrogen peroxide for years!, It works very well, roots love it. I brought back a few cacti that were getting to rot and the peroxide killed the soil bacteria that was bad and it facilitated their regeneration. Thanks for the vid!
Thats fantastic that you have been using Hydrogen peroxide for years, it really is so wonderful for so many things, and really gives cacti a good pick me up and gets rid of the annoying fungus and soil pests like fungus flies in the soil, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
A very important video Lyn! Thanks for this wonderful information, it is also good to know! Love your seedlings! Lots of love Lyn and Hans! Have a wonderful afternoon!
The Hydrogen peroxide works so well at getting rid of fungus on little seedlings, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a brilliant afternoon XXXX
We don't have to worry too much about chemicals on the water since we are on a well. We just have very hard water because it courses through limestone. I am very glad you showed me this with the mold issues. The seedlings I started from Ana had mold form on the soil after they were growing well on their way. I sprayed with neem but it came back. Seedlings are fine. But I've had to grow them without cover. I like to keep them covered for at least a year. I will try this method !! Thanks for this information Lyn!!! From Morris park in the Ozarks, to across the Emerald Isle, have a great day guys!!!! Peace,Love,Plants!!!✌💖🌵🌸🌿🌷🌳💐🌲🌹🌴🌻
Thats wonderful you guys have well water and you dont have to worry about the chemicals in the water, when we lived at our other house in the south of Ireland we had well water, it was lovely to drink but high in lime for most of the plants, luckily we rarely had to worry about running out of rainwater in Ireland haha :-D thats brilliant you saved your seedlings from Ana's seeds with the Neem, the fungus is annoying on young seedlings and although I always sterilise the soil with the microwave I still sometimes see fungus appear, the hydrogen peroxide works a treat at killing the fungus and doesn't harm the tiny seedlings at all, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park in the Ozarks for a terrific Tuesday today XXXXX
Hi Lyn! Thank you for this video! I have used hydrogen peroxide on my mature cactus plants to treat fungus with great success. However, I was very hesitant to do it on my seedlings for fear of damaging them. Now I can use H2O2 with no worries to eradicate fungus on the babies too. Thanks, and a great week to you and Hans from FL, USA!
Hi bg :-D so happy you love to use Hydrogen peroxide on your cacti too, and it works so well for young seedlings with no harm to them :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Florida for a terrific Thursday XXXX
Oh a must watch video specially now that it’s sowing season again, a lot of us just started to sow seeds and this video is very helpful and informative. Will surely try this. Thank you so much gor always sharing your knowledges and experiences with us my amazing cactus powered sister. Have a lovely day to you and Hans 💚🌵
So happy you enjoyed the video :-D the hydrogen peroxide works so well at killing the fungus off the soil and doesn't harm the tiny seedlings at all, thanks so much my wonderful Cactus Powered Sister for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Wales for a terrific Tuesday afternoon XXXXX
I've heard of using this but haven't used it myself yet... Thanks for showing how you go about using this product Lyn, and mentioning that it's safe for the seedlings. Great video! 😁🌵👍🏻
Hydrogen peroxide is brilliant for getting rid of the fungus on our cactus babies and the soil :-D thanks so much Claire for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXXX
I am surprised that I haven't seen this video before. This is very helpful information! Thank you for all of your videos. Amazing stuff on this channel. Have a happy new year. Many blessings to your and the fams!
Happy New Year to you Mark :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, Sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for an incredible 2022 ahead XXXX
Great video Lyn, I’ll definitely get some hydrogen peroxide as I’ve noticed in one of my Haworthia seedling pots there’s a bit of green slime mould growing, not sure if that can harm the seedlings but I’d rather not risk it, a lot of moulds and fungus shouldn’t be trusted haha. Thank you for sharing with us as always Lyn, from Edith & myself to you and Hans, have a wonderful evening ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
So happy you enjoyed the video Daz :-D the hydrogen peroxide has worked a treat and no harm to the seedlings, I notice with my grow lights that the green slime mold is much more common to see on my seedlings too now, luckily I think the green algae like mold is mostly harmless but is annoying as it makes it harder to see the little seedlings, a lot of growers recommend using the hydrogen peroxide at a higher strength but I find the 1 tablespoon of H.P per cup of water does the trick, beautiful weather here today, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a terrific afternoon and evening ahead XXXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
This video will no doubt be of great benefit to most growers at this time of year, many of whom are sowing last year's seeds and are looking for new successful ways to combat unwanted colonisers. I'm guessing the concentration of the solution at 3% dilute, is optimum strength to chemically sterilise the top soil, but safeguard the extremely vulnerable emerging seedlings. The last batch of cacti I sowed was 2 years ago, mostly Mexican rarities, (Strombo's, Geohintonia, and Ortego's). Those I grew in 70% sharp sand and I think the rapid drying kept many evil invaders at bay; however not all cactus like or will germinate in sandy soil, and so prefer a medium with abit more humus like these here. To reduce losses once germinated, it is vital we keep the soil sterile until the cactus is at least half a centimeter in size. Briefly in other news, I am delighted to have received my new Browningia Candelaris columnar into the greenhouse. This ultra xerophytic Chilean native has been on my list for a very long time. I don't know why but Browningia's are hard to come by and are seldom grown much. These too I had a go at sowing a few years back, but sadly had no joy and none of them took or germinated.
Thats FANTASTIC news James that you have received your new Browningia candelaris cactus, I bet its a beauty :-D and its arrived in perfect time for the Spring and for the wonderful good dry weather we have forecast in U.K and Ireland this week, so happy you enjoyed the video the hydrogen peroxide works a treat at killing off the fungus, thanks so much James for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Somerset for a terrific afternoon XXXXX
Thanks so much and stay safe too, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Magda :-D the hydrogen peroxide works so well at getting rid of the mold on seedlings and soil, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the sea for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
thanks so much Vera for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
thanks so much Ranjitha for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
thanks so much Miche for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Happy Paddy's day to the both of you! Another interesting how to video that explains all the steps and measurements : ) I love the details! I'm going to try to find some hydrogen peroxide for sure. I've always been a bit scared of it, thought of it as a very harsh chemical but it seems like I need to change my ideas. I'd love to give it a try for fungus gnats, do you then use it as a soil drench or do you just spray the surface? Best wishes from Dublin Xx
Happy Belated Paddy's day Nathalie :-D I hope you had a wonderful day, so happy you enjoyed the video, the Hydrogen peroxide works so well at getting rid of the fungus gnats and I water it into the soil on adult plants and cacti and succulents to get rid of them, but with very young seedlings I spray it onto the soil just enough to soak the very top of the surface of the soil, and it does the trick, you can hear the fizzing noise when it goes onto the soil, I had to use it on fungus flies on my epiphyllum seedlings and a good spray onto the soil knocked them all out for good, and no harm to the seedlings at all, thanks so much Nathalie for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a terrific Thursday afternoon XXXX
Hi there, yes sand works well for keeping mold and fungus down, crushed perlite works well too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video :-D yes its 15ml of 3% H.P to a 250ml cup of water, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon video was great! Mixed 3% as directed from video and applied directly to affected cactus last night, soil too. I noticed a couple gnats and some larva around my community pot, time will tell if it works.
Hi James :-D yes it can definitely help but it may be best to use a systemic fungicide spray as in my experience a systemic fungicide is much better for killing rust and preventing it from coming back, I have used Rose clear fungicide on cactus seedlings and it is safe to use for seedlings, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
About a few weeks ago I had a astophytum asterias die randomly in dormancy and never watered it and it seemed to have mold on it does anyone have any idea what happened to it?
So sorry to hear about your Astro asterias, they can be very prone to rot and mold attacks in winter, and are one of the more sensitive of the Astrophytums, it can depend on many things but usually this can happen if the humidity is too high during winter, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Excellent information! I never saw hydrogen peroxide labeled "food grade" I'm going to try this. Also, a lot of us younger people here in the US are taught the Metric System so I wouldn't waste your energy on the old system. I feel they need to learn it. I would like to see my backwards county become more Metric before I retire.😂
haha at the metric system in the U.S Tim :-D it can be a bit confusing with the measurements and differences with the European and U.S, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
Hi there, yes if the Hydrogen peroxide is 6% you can dilute it to 3% and it will work great, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you for the reply! Hope your cacti collection in the greenhouse is doing alright after the cute ginger cat haha. Love your videos!❤️
So sorry to hear about the alcohol killing your cactus Ken, so happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a wonderful Wednesday ahead XXXXX
I bought this spray from a local garden centre a lot of the garden centres should sell these plant sprayers, thanks so much for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
When I have fungus on seedlings I open the container and let it dry out overnight and increase the light, if that doesn't work, then I go to the brown bottle!
Opening the container for more ventilation works so well at keeping the fungus away :-D thanks so much Alex for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Philly for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
Hi :-D if the seedlings are in already moist soil it will be ok, some growers use 3% hydrogen peroxide without diluting it with no problems if the soil has already been watered beforehand, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
