Written by Jamie Stowe | Friday, 02 January 2009 | There are 4 comments
Did you know that if you add Viagra to your Christmas trees you could make it stand up straighter for longer? It seems like one of those urban myths or jokes that make their rounds every now and again but in fact there is some veracity to the claim.

Research done at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden also confirms that Viagra can stop Christmas trees from losing their needles for considerably longer too which means that the tired looking Christmas trees that you see after the New Year can be prevented.
Other research which we have studied at Ukmedix News shows that when Viagra was given to flowers in a research project done in Israel they appeared to be fresher and did not droop for a longer time. Scientists have explained the science behind this phenomenon by saying that the compound nitric oxide can keep plants and trees fresher for longer and Viagra can facilitate the production of it. Nitric oxide also plays an important part in helping a man to get an erection.
You can try it yourself if you like by mixing a little bit of crushed Viagra (say ten mg) in water and putting a few cut flowers in a vase with it. Put a few of the same flowers in another vase with only water and no Viagra and wait to see if there is a difference after a few days. We don’t recommend that you do this experiment with a Christmas tree because you would need a lot of Viagra to make a difference.
Many people when they hear about how Viagra can help plants to stay upright for longer burst out laughing and believe that it is just a joke but there is definitely some truth to the claim.

There are 4 comments on this article.
Freddy said:
Does anyone know if it works for living plants too?
frank stratton said:
Does it work for the ones with pricks?
Guga said:
It works for my husbands prick, he never leaves me alone now...
frank stratton said:
I meant the xmas trees with the pricks :) perhaps he pines for you, and the prick is his way of pointing that out?
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