Genesee County Health Department
Better Life Through Better Health
Fireproof
your Christmas Tree
A preservative
can help keep your Christmas tree moist and
prevent needles from shedding. Closely follow
the directions for this homemade preservative to
help make your tree more fireproof:
Ingredients:
- Two cups of
Karo syrup
- Two ounces of
liquid chlorine bleach
- Two pinches
of Epsom salt
- One-half
teaspoon of Borax
- One teaspoon
of chelated iron (purchase from a garden
shop or plant store)
- Hot water
- Mix the
ingredients in a two-gallon bucket filled
with hot water to within one inch of the
top. Stir thoroughly, dissolving
ingredients.
- Make a fresh,
level cut an inch above the old cut at the
base of the tree trunk. Immediately stand
the trunk of the tree in the solution and
leave for 24 hours. Keep the remaining
solution.
- Place your
tree in a tree stand that contains a well
for watering. When the tree is set-up, fill
the well with the solution, using a plastic
cup to dip from the bucket. Replenish the
solution in the stand every day. Do not miss
a day.
- Keep this
solution out of the reach of small children.
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