On Mar 8, 4:57*pm, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> On Mar 8, 9:20*am, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
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> > On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:14:12 -0500, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> > >On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:20:41 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
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> > >>On Mar 7, 12:28*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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> > >>> I use white vinegar for cleaning hummingbird feeders.
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> > >>We just grow a lot of plants with trumpet flowers, like salvias.
> > >>There's a nylon trellis right outside our kitchen window covered with
> > >>flowering vines. Hummingbirds love to sip at these flowers, and unlike
> > >>feeders, you don't have to worry about filling them or keeping them
> > >>clean.
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> > >I do both. *And flowers aren't enough to keep hummers around,
> > >flowering times and quantities are very unpredictable. *Maintaining
> > >feeders requires very little effort, one filling can last two weeks...
> > >what most people who don't use feeders resent is the cost. *My hummers
> > >arrive like clockwork, every year on May 14th. *With feeders I can
> > >place them where my cats can watch, free entertainment.
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> > Hummers mostly eat insects. *Nectar is sweet and gives energy but no
> > protein and other nutrients. *There is no need to purchase hummer
> > food. * The recipe is simply 4 cups water, 1 cup regular sugar. *Heat
> > to dissolve the sugar. *The cost is little over the course of the
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> A supposed problem with feeders is letting them run out. Apparently
> not keeping them filled is the worst thing you can do. Another
> supposed problem is spoilage/fermentation of the sugar/water mixture.

I see that- some kind of gray moldy spots on the inside of the feeder.
Guess I need to get another one so I can trade them out in between
cleaning. I do try to keep up with it, but don't use any soap...