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Show Chemical Solution Used To Protect Trees From Fire Your Christmas tree is still a hazard even with electric lights. To fireproof it select your tree four to six days before you intend to decorate it. Then weigh the tree and buy one-fourth as many pounds of ammonium surfate as the tree weighs. This chemical is available in most stores that sell seeds and fertilizers. For each pouna of ammonium sulfate use li pins of water to make the fireproofing solution. Mix the solution in something tall and narrow that will hold the tree upright. Then saw off the tree diagonally so as to give a large! cut surtace. Set the tree in the solution in a cool place, away from the direct sunlight, and leave it I there until most of the solution is( absorbed. |