Get the flowers a little tipsy with some hard liquor!!!! Drunk Houseplants!!!!

[mandy]

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.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/05/national/a144933D61.DTL&type=bondage

[jezebel]

or tequila

Is it Ok to give them the worm too? 

[Nat]

What a waste of good booze.  Hey, wait a minute....this could be a great way to get rid of the cheap stuff or the stuff you get as gifts but don't drink.

[mandy]

A related article. The flowers liked Viagra more than alcohol. : ;D

Does Viagra Keep Flowers From Wilting?

The Experiment

Viagra (sildenafil citrate) has a firmly established ability to keep the male organ erect. But you might be surprised to learn that it has also been used in the laboratory to keep cut flowers from going limp. With Mother’s Day coming up, we decided to test this out for ourselves and find out if the same pill that keeps Dad’s woody from wilting can keep Mom’s mums looking perky. We also compared two other chemical additives recommended by household hints sites for keeping flowers fresh – vodka and Sprite...

full article: http://www.myscienceproject.org/viagra-flowers.html

[stardust]

We always dumped the warm, stale, left-over beer into the plants -- the next morning -- once we got rid of the headache...