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glycerine or antifreeze as preservative?
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Posted by erasmus 7a (My Page) on Wed, Oct 30, 02 at 16:03
| There's a post obout using pink or blue antifreeze instead of glycerine to preserve greens, and I wanted to know whether the antifreeze works as well and whether it changes the color of the leaves. Has anyone tried the antifreeze method? |
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RE: glycerine or antifreeze as preservative?
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| Yes, have tried it and it didn't work as well for me. It is much cheaper....so would be worth a try. DO BE VERY CAREFUL......pets seem to like the taste but it is a deadly poison for them as well as children. |
RE: glycerine or antifreeze as preservative?
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| Second the caution about pets and antifreeze. Works, but the colour isn't as nice as glycerine,and the plant material is a bit more brittle. |
RE: glycerine or antifreeze as preservative?
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| On the dried flowers forum I've asked this question and had mixed replies. Some said Low-tox antifreeze is ok, but one person who appears very informed said that even low-tox is hazardous to handle and will also bleed out of the plants in six months. So I wanted to add his cautionary opinion. |
RE: glycerine or antifreeze as preservative?
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Antifreeze is HIGHLY TOXIC to EVERYONE & EVERYTHING! Please don't use it in this way. We allow so many things into our lives today we don't have a clue as to the effects they have. Immediate or accumulative. Antifreeze is only one of them. Glycerine is safe.
Judy |
RE: glycerine or antifreeze as preservative?
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| I've used both, the anti-freeze and the glycerin. Both of them work but the glycerin works much better and faster. A florist can order the glycerin by the gallon so that it would be much cheaper for you. And yes, the antiii-freeze is poison. Animals seem to be attracted to it so do be careful. |
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