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Gardening

beac

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12. No, no, not kill.

Reply to naaman fletcher (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 08:47 PM

Jan 2012

The alcohol merely stunts their growth so they don't get super tall and fall over before they finish blooming. It doesn't harm the plant in any other way. In fact, my "gin blossoms" are healthier than the ones I grew in plain water.

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Gin is better than rubbing alcohol. [View all] beac Jan 2012 OP

interesting badhair77 Jan 2012 #1

You're welcome. Paperwhites help with my winter gardening DTs. beac Jan 2012 #2

I was going to put peas out in March BlueToTheBone Feb 2012 #14

"Peas on St. Patrick's Day" is a "rule" I've often heard and beac Feb 2012 #15

St. Paddies it is then. BlueToTheBone Feb 2012 #16

I've never done potatoes, but I know many other DU gardeners have/do. beac Feb 2012 #18

I just love experiments! And people who are willing to do them. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #3

I go thru motivated and lazy stages with my experimenting... beac Jan 2012 #4

Which kind of rubbing alcohol did you use? Denninmi Jan 2012 #5

Isopropyl beac Jan 2012 #6

Puts a new twist on the term "Gin Blossoms" n/t n2doc Jan 2012 #7

Indeed! beac Jan 2012 #8

Beefeaters or Tanqueray? Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #9

You're going to laugh, but it actually was Beefeaters! beac Jan 2012 #10

Perhaps I am being obtuse, naaman fletcher Jan 2012 #11

No, no, not kill. beac Jan 2012 #12

gotchas. thanks. nt. naaman fletcher Jan 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #17

I think the odor of paperwhites must be like the flavor of cilantro-- beac Feb 2012 #19

This year, in addition to the usual "Ziva" paperwhites (the ones w/the offensive-to-some smell), I beac Nov 2012 #20