7up In Christmas Tree Water

Soft drinks contain sugar and acids.

7up in christmas tree water. Even actor rob lowe swears by his recipe equal parts water and 7up for a strong and healthy tree. The show tested two real trees one with 7 up and another with water and the results of both were absolutely the same. For every cup your tree gets three parts should be water and one part should be 7 up. A christmas tree typically absorbs about one quart of water for each inch of its diameter.

Rob dropped his wisdom on monday s episode of the ellen. The common blend of 7up and bleach seems like it would indeed make the tree s water more acidic and help the tree take in more moisture and food. The sugar in the soda it seems would help feed the tree. Tree experts say they don t help even though it seems like those additives would.

There are many tips out there claiming 7 up can keep tree alive longer. Someone probably came up with this idea because of the sugar. Rob lowe may stick to a low sugar diet but his christmas tree certainly doesn t. Need a great base.

Water it with 7up. One episode of mythbusters says otherwise. Tim o connor executive director of the national christmas tree association told people that the ncta hears. The acids won t have much bearing on a live tree but sugar is always something plants need.

So a tree with a 4 inch diameter trunk will soak up a gallon of water every day. But it seems like soda and 7up in particular is the life preserving method people are most passionate about. However we suggest using plain old water as that is what trees survive on in nature and it seems to work wonders there. Keeping your christmas tree looking full and lush can be a challenge but rob lowe is here with a hack he swears by.

The disinfectant in the bleach would prevent mold fungi and algae from forming. Many sources will tell you to add additives like 7 up vodka plant food and bleach to the water to feed the tree. At least one gardening site believes that 7up is the best addition to preserve a tree if you use one part soda for three parts water every couple of days as trees like the sugar and citric. During an appearance on an episode of the ellen degeneres show the holiday in the wild star 55 admitted to.

Adding 7 up to christmas tree water.