vegetable wash?

[Deborah Grissam]

I have been reading about vegetable washes.

One says to wash in vinegar water- a capful per gallon??

 

Then to spray the veggies with 3% hydrogene peroxide-( straight out of the brown bottle- ?)let them sit and then rinse again

 

Does anyone have any suggestions that will definitely kill any critters on the veggie?

I was reading about the European echoli and they are linking it to sprouts- whether it could have been the seeds that were contaminated or the water.  I would like to start using some kind of process to make sure that things are clean since I grow a lot of sprouts

 

[Deborah Grissam]

Great discussion.  This is something that we need to keep in mind.

[Ann Harper]

I was taught to rinse conventional fruits and veggies with an apple cider vinegar water solution to remove pesticide residue. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt organics as well.  I would use food grade peroxide which is available on line from various suppliers on sprouts.  Also, Seed aSept which is  grapefruit seed extract is a good anti fungal and could be used instead of peroxide.  It should be in everyone's medicine chest.  It cures a multitude of issues.