Plants Like Booze, Too
There are many uses for alcohol aside from drinking it. For example, you can clean with it or use it for cooking.
However, there’s a surprising use for it in gardening, too. A study done at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences shows that you can use distilled spirits to stunt the growth of Paperwhites to prevent them from flopping over. The alcohol helps prevent the plant from sucking up water but doesn’t appear to affect its longevity or flower size.
I can already imagine myself gardening one day with a bottle of gin chanting, “A little for the plant. A little for me. A little for the plant. A little for me…”
