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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_2827_23926456.1217861090502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Maybe this is why the 1:4 ratio is most widely used -- sugar can get to be expensive and if you use a higher ratio more goes bad when it goes bad? On 8/4/08, Laviolette, Lance (EXP) <lance.laviolette@lmco.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Regardless of the hummingbird concentration you choose (my personal > preference is between 3:1 and 4:1) please remember the most important thing > is to keep your feeders clean and mould free and your solution fresh, with > no fermentation taking place (solution starts to look cloudy). This > basically means to change any left-over solution every couple of days or > every day, if you choose to hang your feeder in the sun as opposed to the > shade, and to clean your feeder regularly with a vinegar and water solution > (soaps and bleach solutions can leave traces). Even if your feeders are > emptied by the hummers daily, mould can still develop inside the feeder. > Moulds and spoilage are big threats to hummers using feeders. > > All the best, > > Lance > > =========================== > Lance Laviolette > Glen Robertson, Ontario > lance.laviolette@lmco.com > =========================== > > ------=_Part_2827_23926456.1217861090502 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Maybe this is why the 1:4 ratio is most widely used -- sugar can get to be expensive and if you use a higher ratio more goes bad when it goes bad?</div> <div> </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/4/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Laviolette, Lance (EXP)</b> <lance.laviolette@lmco.com> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Hi everyone,</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span></span><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2">R<span>egardless of the hummingbird concentration you choose (my personal preference is between 3:1 and 4:1) please remember the most important thing is to keep your feeders clean and mould free and your solution fresh, with no fermentation taking place (solution starts to look cloudy). This basically means to change any left-over solution every couple of days or every day, if you choose to hang your feeder in the sun as opposed to the shade, and to clean your feeder regularly with a vinegar and water solution (soaps and bleach solutions can leave traces). Even if your feeders are emptied by the hummers daily, mould can still develop inside the feeder. Moulds and spoilage are big threats to hummers using feeders.</span></font></font></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span></span></font></font></font> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span>All the best,</span></font></font></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span></span></font></font></font> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span>Lance</span></font></font></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span> <p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">===========================</font></span> <br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">Lance Laviolette</font></span> <br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">Glen Robertson, Ontario</font></span> <br> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">lance.laviolette@lmco.com</font></span> <br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">===========================</font></span> </p> </span></font></font></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"> </div></div></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_2827_23926456.1217861090502--
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