How to make your own food for flowers
There are three ingredients that are helpful when trying to keep your flowers fresh and long-lasting:
- Sugar - provides nutrition for flowers
- Citric acid - acts as an acidifier and lowers the ph level of the water
- Bleach - prevents bacteria growth in the vase
Here are a few do-it-yourself options that I have come across:
- One part lemon lime soda (7-Up, Sprite) to 3 parts of water
- Two tablespoons lemon juice, one tablespoon sugar, one quarter teaspoon bleach to one quart of water
- Two tablespoons of white vinegar and two tablespoons of sugar to one quart of water
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