Stolen Idea!

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Susan
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JD,

We talked in the past. Well emailed and I am happy to come across you again. I don't think it was here on DG.

I had sent some plants in water and forgot them. You gave me so much information it was awesome. After that I lost my computer to a virus. Your e-mail is still there. It was all about H2O2.

I am so happy to find you doing better than then, but pray this is over soon with the best results.

Take care my friend. I will keep watching your progress and posting.

Give my best to your family.
Sandy

You guy's put a 1 heck of a smile on my face every evening, I can't thank y'all enough.

Katy don't say ignorant! I can't see what your sitting in now either.;)

Why is it that I'm never tired at bedtime buy I can barely hold my eye's open during the day? Go figure.
I'm taking advantage of this down time toquit smoking. they usually want smoker's to wear a nicotine patch but I passed. Man 1 of the finer things in life is to sit at my pc and unwind with a smoke! UUGHHH I'm gonna make it stick forever this time even though Iactually enjoy it! That leads me to believe that this addiction is as strong as heroin.
I did get some great news about my lungs!!! My infectious disease doc took lung X-rays and came back asking me just how much I had told him I was smoking etc...This kid(me) has spotless lungs!!!!! WOOHOO
He said he'd never seen anything quite like it. Theres noo way I can go out and mess theen up now;)

Thanks so much friends for allowing me to totally hijiack this thread and vent all I need too. There are maybe 1-2 lil tid bits of info my wife has no business hearing about as this deal pans out. I'll tell her, just no need to over worry her yet. You guy's give me something to look forward to everyday via your lil posts.

I plannedon setting up my seed trades in Feb.,That will have to wait. I collected more seeds than ever this year! I never did finish organizibg them. Maybe I'll be able to do that after I'm allowed to sit up;)

Well this reading has made me a lil sleepyfinally Gonna call it a night, thanks again;) JD aka Jeff

Sweet Dreams, Jeff!! Well you know all the gardening can wait until another year. I have had some disappointments because i couldn't do it all but there is always the promise of the next year.

Wish i could do something to help you but I am just a little too far away. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Be tough and hang in there.
a

Sweet dreams, Jeff!

Don't we all wish we could travel around helping our family here on DG. Nothing would be finer than seeing their face as we show up and take care of garden and things they can't.

You have sweet dreams. We will be here usually someone is here all hours I have noticed.

Blessings,
Sandy ^8^

Hi Jeff, I wonder what it was that cleared the lungs. Must have been all the antibiotics you are/have been on. I can't imagine anything like that happening. I gotta tell you that I went into the ICU in November of 2002 and was in there, under sedation, for 5 weeks. Then in a rehab to get my muscles working again because they had gone to sleep after all that time. So in that 2 months I did not have a cigarette.

I have not had one since. You are in the hospital with clean lungs, man you have gotta make this thing work. I know it is tough because I really enjoyed them too. I know it is easy for me to say since I was literally out of it for that long. But, it does get easier.

Hang in there, Jeanette

Jeff, you will be sooo glad you've quit. The patches do give one very good dreams, but then you have to wake up and be disappointed they were just dreams.
You will also look remarkably younger in the face, at least I did.
Keep-up with the progress and keep us posted.
Big hug for you and those that love you.
Sidney

After a while, Jeff, you will wonder why you ever smoked in the first place. At least all the people I know that have quit feel that way. I enjoyed smoking too, but I do enjoy not 'having' to smoke too and I don't miss having to find the cigs and the matches or lighter and the cost of purchasing them. However, I cannot tell one difference in the amount of money in my pocket now, than when I smoked. I have no idea when I quit, two or three years ago. Doesn't bother me at all to be around cigs or smoke or people that smoke, I guess I've lost the desire to smoke. One day you will wake up and you will be over cigs, good luck, you will enjoy it when you stop and then wonder why you ever did it in the first place. Good Luck!!!

Another ex-smoker chiming in here. I quit 5 (or was it 6?) years ago. I didn't want to - I really enjoyed smoking. However, it had gotten so expensive financially, physically and psychologically (I was getting tired of feeling like a criminal huddled outside in the cold furtively sucking away on my adult pacifier LOL) that I knew it was time. I started taking Wellbutrin which really made it easy to quit. I don't regret it a bit, in fact every time I see a smoker lighting up in the freezing cold or smell stale smoke on somebody in a store or see the price of a pack of cigarettes I am sooooooo glad that I don't do that anymore. I don't judge people who still smoke. If there were no harmful consequences for me I would still be smoking too. But I sure don't miss it all.

So maybe this is the silver lining in all that you are going through right now. Maybe you will come out the other end a non-smoker and happy to be one. Think of all the extra money you will have for PLANTS!!!!!

I think Jeff has heard enough about cigarettes you guys. If it were me I would want to slap every one of us. LOL Just reminds him of what he wants.

Can you look at the seed companies' websites on your laptop Jeff? That would be so much more enjoyable. Whether you buy their seeds or not, or whether you like their service or not, Parks has a nice website. Also, I was thinking about Thompson & Morgan. I know their catalog is wonderful. But don't remember on the computer.

Here's a link to a thread for Jeff and good wishes. This one is taking a long time to load even with DSL.

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/575519/

See you there Jeff! ;~)

You are right Jnette, re the 'S' word, all it is at the early stage of the game is a reminder. All my vices are like that, food being the worst.

Hi, everybody--

I've just found this thread looking for information on Seed Germination and H2O2 soaking solutions....thanks for all the good tips...

And so I followed rjuddharrison's links to his diary and read all the research and observations stored there-- (thank you for sharing it!)

Now I am wondering if anyone routinely uses Hydrogen Peroxide to soak seeds?

It sounds like a 'can't miss' step in seed germination, but maybe not?...

I'm new at starting seeds, so, please fill me in on any new results you've had...

And, Jeff, I hope you are having a good recovery. I had no idea you were in the hospital this month for major surgery. We look forward to your getting back online on a regular basis!

Thanks for everything. t.

I always start the hard coated seeds with H2O2. They usually germinate within a week with a very high success rate. Two weeks ago I started 25 sweet peas in a sandwich baggie soaked with the H2O2 solution. Only 3 seeds didn't germinate. The others are outside now.

What are your outside temps right now pins?

Did you put them in covered containers, or right into the soil?

~* Robin

We are ranging from 29F up. And by up, I mean to tell you its supposed to get to 70 tomorrow. Plus, right in time for the weekend (as usual, sigh), we're in for a long period of rain.

I put the seeds right into the soil. I've always heard that peas don't like being disturbed, so now I won't have to.

I hope they bloom for you, pins, and in your zone I bet they do. They won't bloom here unless planted by Jan 1 or before. Maybe a couple of blooms but not much and I LOVE them!!

Sherry, are regular peas different than Sweet Peas? My daughter who is in zone 8 like you always grows regular sugar snaps for her husband and son. They love them. Don't know if she has ever tried for the flowers tho.

Jeanette

Aren't sweet peas the very colorful vined peas...blue red pink yellow purple orange and so on...

I back up pins2006 statement. I have tried a few mediums in the past couple of months- Best germination at least for hard shelled seed is the baggies, papertowels, H202 and superthrive. I just planted in the ground yesterday morning glories I started on New years day using that method for the first time- learning it on this or another thread.
Rj

I was talking about Sweet Peas, the flower. They won't bloom here if not planted before Jan 1. Now Sugar Snaps do just fine but they say bye bye when it gets really hot, they hate the heat. We have to plant lots to get enough for our family, they are a real fav...

Found Superthrive today by accident at a small nursery while buying onion plants and seed potatoes.

Can't wait to start using it tomorrow.

Susan
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Get it at Walmart!! $7 + for 4 oz. Ok, if you won't shop there, I saw it at Home Depot the same 4 oz for $9 something.

Has anybody heard from or about Jeff? Sure hope he is doing ok.

It has been a week or more since he has been on. Feb. 10. Goin' on 2 weeks.

Jeanette

I didn't find it at Home Depot or Wal-mart.. just a very small Bonsai nursery.

I hope Jeff is well enough to check in soon.

Susan

I've used the same bottle of Super-Thrive for ever, and bought a new one this year at WalMart, like Jnette said, it's the cheapest place I've seen it. Out of all the stuff that is not fertilizer, Super-Thrive is the cheapest and I cannot tell the expensive ones do one bit more. I do use H202 with the S-T, but I only started doing that last year...

Jeff, wishing you the best, happy days, and hope you are healing quickly and completely!!!

I came to Charlotte, NC yesterday. Raked some wet leaves and took DS out to dinner. Getting DM's house ready for new realtor. I sure would like to leave three planters full of flowers and may do it with water crystals. The daffodills are blooming here.
Thread for Jeff is http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/575519/
Sudney

In a gallon of water, about how much H2O2 should I add? Would 1/2 cup be too much or too little?

Whoa, I only use a tablespoon. !!!

Is that not enough???

Susan
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I thought it as a ratio of 1:10. Is that not correct?

Use on garden and house plants, for vigor and growth:

1 oz 3% hydrogen peroxide to 1 quart water

16 drops of 35% hydrogen peroxide to 1 quart water

Mist and, or water plants. I do both frequently.

Great! So that would be 1/2 cup (4 ounces) per gallon of water. That's what I was thinking. Thanks, Sherry.

pins, I use the 35%, but this recipe comes from a local pal, who does use the 3% and he is a master gardener...if I were you, I'd try it first before spraying all your plants...however, at this time of the year I think you will be fine, only thing is that it WILL burn your plant leaves if applied in the blazing sun...

I am only thinking about using it for watering now. Maybe I should use it to spray the foliage, too. They may perk up a bit.

I'm in zone 8a, southeast Arky and we can't water or mist in the blazing sun. I burned leaves with 3% peroxide the first time I used it, but I did so many things wrong that it's a wonder I didn't kill them all, but they are survivors and they did just fine...now my rule is, if I think it just might not be the right thing to do, I just hold off and rethink it. Works pretty good...

I was just readin in the Dahlia forum about powdery mildew and someone was using a peroxide/water mix for that. I believe they said to not do it until evening to avoid sunburn.

Early morning, late afternoon, which, in southeast Arky, is a good rule for just about all applications, including water...

I would use the peroxide for mildew also, but I don't think I would spray plants in the evening because of that very thing. Mildew.

I saved an eyedropper from one of the bottles in my medicine cabinet to use with the Super thrive- works pretty good. I figured if we're suppose to be using "drops" might as well use the eye dropper as my drops from that bottle are quite a bit.

I bought an empty brown glass bottle with dropper from Walmart pharmacy for $ . 25 for use with Superthrive. It could be used also
for the 35% H202.

Louise