Christmas Tree Preservative
"If you, like me, enjoys a real Christmas tree this preservative will help keep it fresh longer than mere watering. This is a lot less expensive than commercial preservative and very easy to make yourself with ingredients you probably already have on hand. Found on About.com"
Original is 1 serving
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (4288.8 g)
- Calories 27.8
- Total Fat - 0 g
- Saturated Fat - 0 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 215.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 5.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0 g
- Sugars - 5.9 g
- Protein - 0 g
- Calcium - 119.7 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 42.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Mix all ingredients together and pour into tree stand (A penny may be added to the sugar solution to act as a fungicide and acidifier).
Step 2
** IMPORTANT NOTE: Bleach and vinegar produce toxic vapors when mixed. If you add vinegar or lemon juice, add it to the water rather than directly to the bleach.
Step 3
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Do Not Drink! If you plan on making enough tree or cut flower preservative to store, label your container and keep it out of reach of children and pets.
Tips
No special items needed.
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