Homemade Flower Food

How to make your own food for flowers

There are three ingredients that are helpful when trying to keep your flowers fresh and long-lasting:

• Sugar - provides nutrition for flowers
• Citric acid - acts as an acidifier and lowers the ph level of the water
• Bleach - prevents bacteria growth in the vase

Here are a few do-it-yourself options that I have come across:

• One part lemon lime soda (7-Up, Sprite) to 3 parts of water
• Two tablespoons lemon juice, one tablespoon sugar, one quarter teaspoon bleach to one quart of water
• Two tablespoons of white vinegar and two tablespoons of sugar to one quart of water