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Old June 1, 2017   #13
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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie View Post
Thanks, Carolyn. I also hope your storms blow over.

I already process my seeds with Oxy Clean, which converts to hydrogen peroxide upon contact with organic matter. I realize there is no research supporting the tomato disease killing effect of peroxide. But I am going to make the assumption that it has a similar effect as any other oxidizing agent, like TSP. I would be surprised to see anything live through being bubbled in peroxide for 30 minutes, but maybe something on the seed interior could live through it, thus the hot water bath would complete the process, or at least that is my thinking.
Yes, the storm blew over and I'm still alive.

You are so right when you say that Oxi- clean has no research saying it can kill pathogens.And that's my major problem with it.

If it isn't known which pathogens are on the seed surface to start with,you have no idea of what has been removed with treatment.

I fetched a bunch of links but will post only a few.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=34109

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=9820

When Dr Helene Dillard did her experiments she did know what was on the seeds so after treatment she could test and know how effective it was.I just posted this a couple of days ago and brought up the concept of residual quantitative amounts which she shared with me.

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