An autumn display of freshly cut Chrysanthemums
GAP Photos/Nicola Stocken
Most of us will probably have heard of the 1980s tip of popping a soluble aspirin into the vase water of cut flowers to extend their life. Or, if you aren’t quite as old as I am, maybe you will have come across what sounds like a hipster-era rebrand of the same idea, as an early 2010s internet “hack” for growing tastier tomatoes. Honestly, some permutation or other of this idea is all over the gardening internet.
The rationale behind this seems to be that what perks up humans must…
