Preservative For Your Christmas Tree Food

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CHRISTMAS TREE PRESERVATIVE



Christmas Tree Preservative image

Keep your Christmas tree fresh through the holidays. We found our tree continued to drink longer and we had less needles on the floor to clean up.

Provided by Chelle_N

Categories     Christmas

Time 5m

Yield 1 tree, 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 3

1 quart fresh warm water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon liquid chlorine bleach

Steps:

  • Mix all ingredients in a bucket.
  • After giving your tree a fresh cut place Christmas Tree Preservative in base and enjoy your tree trimming.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 482.5, Fat 0.3, Sodium 124.7, Carbohydrate 130.9, Sugar 45.6

CHRISTMAS TREE PRESERVATIVE



Christmas Tree Preservative image

Tree preservative helps keep your cut Christmas tree fresh longer than if you only give it water, but why buy expensive tree preservative when you can make your own very cheaply with ingredients you probably already have in just a few minutes of time. I found this recipe/method on About.com

Provided by Dreamer in Ontario

Categories     Christmas

Time 5m

Yield 1 1/4 gallon

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 gallon water
1 (16 ounce) bottle corn syrup (or 4 teaspoons sugar dissolved in water or 1 can Sprite)
4 teaspoons chlorine bleach
4 teaspoons lemon juice (optional) or 4 teaspoons vinegar (optional)

Steps:

  • A penny may be added to the sugar solution to act as a fungicide and acidifier.
  • Mix together all ingredients and pour into tree stand.
  • ** 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.
  • 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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1027.7, Sodium 67.1, Carbohydrate 277.9, Sugar 96.4

PRESERVATIVE FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE



Preservative for Your Christmas Tree image

Here's a home brew to preserve the green and beauty of Christmas trees and to prolong the freshness of natural evergreen holiday decorations. Use this mixture and when the needles of other trees and greens are dropping left and right, yours will be fresh and beautiful all through the holidays. From my local newspaper.

Provided by GeeWhiz

Categories     Christmas

Time 10m

Yield 1 gallon, 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

1/4 cup miconized iron
1 gallon hot water
2 cups corn syrup
4 teaspoons chlorine bleach

Steps:

  • First, go down to your local garden center and ask for miconized iron.
  • Add all ingredients together.
  • This stuff is powerful and can stain carpets so be careful.
  • Make sure to trim an inch off the tree trunk, at a slight angle, and the ends of stems of greenery.
  • Add more brew as it evaporates.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1742.2, Sodium 88.2, Carbohydrate 471.2, Sugar 163.4

CHRISTMAS TREE "FOOD"



Christmas Tree

DO NOT DRINK THIS OR CONSUME IT IN ANY WAY - this is a mixture used to water your Christmas tree to keep it fresh throughout the season. If you have pets or small children who may get into the mixture at the bottom of the tree, do not use the bleach. I leave it out because I have a cat who gets into the water at the bottom of the tree. The vinegar helps the tree to take in more of the water, the corn syrup acts as an energy source for the tree, and the bleach helps to prevent mold and fungi from growing in the water or on the base of the tree. The copper in the penny acts as a fungicide and an acidifier. The Food.com computer will let me put bleach in as an ingredient (weird), but it won't let me put "a penny" in as an ingredient, so just know that "1 penny" should be listed in the ingredients list. This mixture also helps to keep cut flowers fresh.

Provided by xtine

Categories     Low Protein

Time 5m

Yield 1 gallon

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 gallon water
4 teaspoons white vinegar
2 cups light corn syrup or 1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons bleach (optional)

Steps:

  • DISCLAIMER: This should go without saying, but - DO NOT DRINK THIS. THIS MIXTURE IS NOT MEANT TO BE CONSUMED BY HUMANS OR ANIMALS. IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO WATER YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE.
  • IMPORTANT: DO NOT MIX VINEGAR AND BLEACH TOGETHER DIRECTLY - IF YOU MIX THEM DIRECTLY THE MIXTURE WILL PRODUCE TOXIC VAPORS. MIX THE VINEGAR WITH THE WATER FIRST, THEN PROCEED WITH THE REST OF THE RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS.
  • In a large bowl, mix together the water and the vinegar.
  • Add the corn syrup or the sugar, and stir well until all is combined or the sugar is dissolved. If you are using sugar, it may help to use half hot water first to dissolve the sugar, then add the second half, using cold water.
  • Add the bleach, if using, and mix well to combine.
  • Place your Christmas tree securely in the Christmas tree stand.
  • Place a penny in the reservoir of the Christmas tree stand, then fill it with the water mixture.
  • Store the remainder of the mixture in a gallon jug, and check the tree every day to see if it needs more of the mixture. Christmas trees which are not watered and which dry out become fire hazards, so make sure your tree is kept watered. If you have used bleach in the mixture label the container appropriately so that no one will drink from it.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1934.2, Fat 1.4, Sodium 498.6, Carbohydrate 523.9, Sugar 182.7

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