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Sun, Nov 4, 12 at 8:35
| The alcohol will make the foliage grow shorter to avoid flopping and won't affect the flowers. I just tried it and it worked. The only drawback is that I smell the alcohol. I used old, cheap vodka. See this link:
http://blogs.cornell.edu/hort/2009/11/10/pickling-your-paperwhites/ |
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- Posted by greentiger87 none (My Page) on Tue, Nov 13, 12 at 22:15
| Glycerine (glycerol) works well too, and can be found at any supermarket with a pharmacy, or drugstore. No smell. Quicker to bloom too! |
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