I just love YouTube. Early in the morning, when it's quiet in the house and dark outside, I "go to school at YouTube".

Today I'd like to share some that I've been reading recently about using Hydrogen Peroxide. I recently sprayed my cucumber plants with a solution of 8 Tbsp 3% HP in a gallon of water and I do so wish I had known about this years ago when I would lose my heirloom tomato plants to fungus after a wet spring, every year.

This one's by Jag Singh / Daisy Creek Farm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kG2s5wDOrQ

Here's Gary Pilarchik / The Rusted Garden:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuioqR5KGQ8

another one by Gary Pilarchik where he is also using baking soda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OANcSiKZzyQ

By Dan / Plant Abundance about getting rid of Aphids with just blasts of water. Who knew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMNesufL0_k

Dan and Jag are new to me but I have seen many of Gary Pilarchik's videos and have found much helpful information there. Also Jon of Growing Your Greens.

The beauty of Hydrogen Peroxide is that you can go out early in the morning and spray it on, and by the time the sun comes out, it's done it's work and has become benign, so the sun does not burn the leaves like it does when certain things, like soap, are applied.

We have had a mild summer here, at least what is considered mild in NE OK. I think there was only one triple-digit day. During the last several years, we have had heat as high as 114º and that's the actual temperature and not just the "feels like" temperature! Mercy! Hard to even breathe out there, especially if it's a little humid, too. So this year, I still actually have some stuff still alive in the garden. The hybrid tomatoes I started from seed in January have started to produce again, although I am still not impressed by what they produce. I started some of my heirlooms from seed inside the house in July and those were hardened off under the shade of the patio cover and have been planted in the garden for about a month now. They are blooming, and some have bitty tomatoes on. My beans are finally producing but the grasshoppers continue to be a problem. I find the grasshoppers sleeping on the okra plants in the mornings. Grrrrrr.

Anyway, I hope you find these videos helpful, too!