NOTE: Use only one batch of formula. Too much can damage your tree.
Al Carrell: After you go to all the trouble to pick out a fresh Christmas tree, you want it to stay fresh as long as possible. I've got a magic formula that will keep that tree fresh, maybe until Valentine's Day, who knows.
It's easy to mix up and all you have to do is start with one gallon of warm water, and then you add four tablespoons of an iron powder that you can get at the nursery store. And you just add those in there.
Next you're going to add four teaspoons of liquid laundry bleach. You just pour that right into the water. And the last ingredient is two cups of this Karo light corn syrup. That's the white kind, like you used to use to make baby formula. And you're going to pour that into the water also.
With all the ingredients in there you now need to stir it up, mix it up real good. And now it's ready to use and what you're going to do is, you're going to bring your Christmas tree in, put it in the tree stand and then pour our magic formula into the tree stand. If you don't use all of it the first time, save it and you can use it again tomorrow, but if you do use it all don't create another batch, check the level of the moisture inside here everyday and add warm water so that you're going to keep that tree fresh.
If you do that, you're going to have a safer Christmas. Happy holidays!
Episode 39 1996 - 97 Season
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