04-08-2006, 11:59 AM
Quote:For home gardeners who don't want their flowers to tip over, a Cornell University horticulturist thinks he has the answer: Get the flowers a little tipsy with some hard liquor.
Giving some plants diluted alcohol whiskey, vodka, gin or tequila stunts the growth of a plant's leaves and stems but doesn't affect the blossoms, said William Miller, director of Cornell's Flower Bulb Research Program.
Miller reported his findings in the April issue of HortTechnology, a peer-reviewed journal of horticulture...
full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...933D61.DTL&type=bondage