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Post by sykosarah on Apr 17, 2014 17:09:13 GMT
So I saw a suspicious looking thing growing in my pot of drosera seedlings, so I sprayed some weak hydrogen peroxide (3%, but it has probably lost some strength over time). I had used it in the past without issue, it killed the suspicious thing in the pot, but the leaves of my drosera seem to have been affected. For one, they all had really good dew production even on the day I did the treatment, but soon after all of them lost their dew it seems completely and even though it has been a couple days, none have resumed dew production. Worse, some have warped looking tentacles and have some brown spots, mostly on bigger leaves (no apparent damage to new growth that I have seen, but it is hard to say the new leaves might have slowed down or stopped their progress).
anyone else have any experience with this? Do you think I over did it with the hydrogen peroxide? I already flushed out the medium quite a bit to get rid of excess chemical and dunked the seedlings in water to wash off any that stuck to them after I noticed the damage, but do you guys think the plants will recover? It has been about. 4, maybe five days since I used the hydrogen peroxide. The suspicious growth has not returned.
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Post by sykosarah on Apr 17, 2014 17:15:28 GMT
I don't have a good camera, so this is the best I could do The big leaf towards the center shows it best.
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Post by paulbarden on Apr 17, 2014 18:44:50 GMT
Drosera are notoriously sensitive to many chemicals, so it is best to avoid anything coming in direct contact with their leaves, as they can be easily damaged. H2O2 is "an aggressive oxidizer" (wikipedia) and may indeed have damaged your plants.
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Post by sykosarah on Apr 17, 2014 19:39:57 GMT
Do you think they will recover? I checked the roots, they look ok, they are the right color and thickness (drosera capensis isn't exactly going to have too much a problem with that root disturbance, and I was gentle).
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Post by tanukimo on Apr 18, 2014 0:59:48 GMT
If their roots are fine they should make it through, even if the foliage dies off, as long as you didn't get hydrogen peroxide on the roots.
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Post by sykosarah on Apr 18, 2014 5:15:34 GMT
Well, it was in the soil, but right after I saw the damage I flushed the soil with pure water. Plus, hydrogen peroxide breaks down very quickly with a lot of light, which it had. Since it has been a couple of days maybe during the weekend I should check the roots again to see how they are doing...
i also watered the pot right afterwards.
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