HUMMER’ FEED FORMULA—
It’s a bit late in the season for this pearl of information but you may find it helpful nevertheless. The recommended ratio for home-made hummingbird feed is 1 part sugar to 4 parts water.
If, like me, you prefer a quart jar for your stock supply you will soon learn adding a cup of sugar to a quart of boiling water (1:4) will exceed the capacity of your storage jar—and, spilled sugar water is, well, very sticky!
So—reduce your sugar to ¾ cup and use three cups of boiling water. Your jar will fill exactly as the one pictured to the left and, I believe, you will keep the mathematical purists of you family happy with your compliance to the correct formula.
Other bird feeder purists will argue the red food coloring in the solution is neither necessary nor desirable.
Be that as it may. I use a drop of food coloring in my formula--not to attract these marvelous little birds. The colorful feeder will do that quite nicely.
The dab of coloration simply helps my aging eyes see the remaining level of solution. Thankyouverymuch!
It’s a bit late in the season for this pearl of information but you may find it helpful nevertheless. The recommended ratio for home-made hummingbird feed is 1 part sugar to 4 parts water.
If, like me, you prefer a quart jar for your stock supply you will soon learn adding a cup of sugar to a quart of boiling water (1:4) will exceed the capacity of your storage jar—and, spilled sugar water is, well, very sticky!
So—reduce your sugar to ¾ cup and use three cups of boiling water. Your jar will fill exactly as the one pictured to the left and, I believe, you will keep the mathematical purists of you family happy with your compliance to the correct formula.Other bird feeder purists will argue the red food coloring in the solution is neither necessary nor desirable.
Be that as it may. I use a drop of food coloring in my formula--not to attract these marvelous little birds. The colorful feeder will do that quite nicely.
The dab of coloration simply helps my aging eyes see the remaining level of solution. Thankyouverymuch!
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