Jan
24
Using Sugar to Keep Flowers Fresh
Never knew this. If you add some sugar and some vinegar to the water in your flower vase, your flowers should last longer. See 10 Extraordinary Uses for Sugar. Apparently the sugar “nourishes” the stems and the vinegar kills the mold and bacteria that develops around them, the stuff that makes the stems and water gooky.
(If you follow the link, the tip about using sugar as a hand cleaner sounds crappy. Sugar as an abrasive? Just use salt. Less sticky. And then the one about using sugar to keep biscuits fresh? If it absorbs moisture, just use baking soda. Or paper. Then, no sticky residue. The things people do to make ten tips instead of eight.)