Potassium Permangenate - who uses it as a plant dip?

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I just got some potassium permangenate to use a plant dip and tried it on 2 dwarf sags. Did a 15 minute dip with rinsing under clean water afterward. The roots are purple and any parts of the plant that were white (e.g., the bases of the leaves) are now purple. Am I doing something wrong?

How effective is this stuff at killing snails and algae? I'm thinking about using it on plants that I receive from others in lieu of a bleach dip since the potassium is supposedly a little more gentle on the plants, and I'm looking for some feedback from forum members.

Thanks
 
i use it

sounds like you used too much...

you want to mix the permanganate with water till its hot pink not purple... then let them soak for around 20 min
 
no you just want to dilute it with water till it is a hot pink color

i bought mine in powder form
sprinkle a few grains into water and dilute it down to a hot pink color and im set to go... it worked great
 
You might want to try and dip the plants into clean water with ST, Prime, or amquel, or hydrogen peroxide after the dip. This should neutralize the PP and reduce the staining.
 
nc0gnet0 said:
You might want to try and dip the plants into clean water with ST, Prime, or amquel, or hydrogen peroxide after the dip. This should neutralize the PP and reduce the staining.
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Should I dip them in straight hydrogen peroxide, or should the hydrogen peroxide be diluted? If it should be diluted, what ratio should I dilute it at?
 
NO never into straight hydrogen peroxide! personally I would use youf favorite Dechlor first, but if you wanted to try h202 1 teaspoon per 20 gallons. My only expierance with this is with pond plants so proceed with caution. Another product that would work the best is Iron-Out, but I have no idea how this would be on the plants themselves (works great on clothes) so consider its use expieramental at best.
 
I used the stuff last night. I put 10ml of the solution that turned the roots purple into 3 gallons of water and it seems to work pretty well now. The roots still turn a little bit brown, but so do the snail eggs. There was absolutely no algae on the plants after I took them out. I rinsed them in running tap water and then soaked them for 5 minutes in another 3 gallons of tap water. So far so good. Now, we will see how the plants do after being dipped.
 
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