{"id":306,"date":"2006-12-28T18:35:45","date_gmt":"2006-12-28T23:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/12\/28\/paperwhites-love-a-little-drink-of-gin\/"},"modified":"2010-09-30T23:21:21","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T03:21:21","slug":"paperwhites-love-a-little-drink-of-gin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/12\/28\/paperwhites-love-a-little-drink-of-gin\/","title":{"rendered":"Paperwhites love a little drink of Gin"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Now here&#8217;s a few tips that you might not have heard of or thought of before:<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>If your forced paperwhite Narcissus, are flopping over there is a remedy &#8211; an odd one at that. Researchers at Cornell discovered an old home remedy for top heavy paperwhites that will help keep them in place &#8211; give them a good stiff drink. That&#8217;s right, put a little bit of gin in the water and watch their heavy heads lift.  You can use an assortment of alcohols for these boozy plants &#8211; vodka, rum, tequila and whisky all seem to work equally well. <\/p>\n<p>Another tip to steady your paperwhites as they grow is to start them in plain water until the roots begin to show and the stems are a couple of inches in length. Once they reach this stage, drain the water and use an alcohol\/water mix by mixing one part liquor to seven parts water.  Continue to water them with this 5% alcohol mixture and they should stay upright and happy. Use the alcohols mentioned above for best results.  This mix stunts the growth of the stems by a third to one half but doesn&#8217;t affect the size or production of the blooms. <\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p> You should also keep your paperwhites in a bright, yet cool room as they will grow at a slower rate in the cool room.  The prefered room temperature would be closer to 60 degrees than 70 degree&#8217;s F.   You can also place the bulbs in a container of pebbles, water or soil rather than growing the bulbs in a water filled container. Maintain the waterline below the bulb level or they may rot.  Water the roots, not the bulb. 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