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Garden Song® 443-24 Instant Hummingbird Food, 8 Ounce Package

Garden Song® 443-24 Instant Hummingbird Food, 8 Ounce Package
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Garden Song® 443-24 Instant Hummingbird Food, 8 Ounce Package

2.0(7 customer reviews)

Hummingbirds will stay at your feeders when they taste this delicious nectar. With this hummingbird feeder mix, it's easy for you, tasty for them! Garden Song® Instant Hummingbird Food comes in an 8 ounce packet that makes up to 48 ounces of nectar and dissolves instantly in cold water.

  • 8 ounce packet

  • Makes up to 48 oz of high energy clear nectar

  • Dissolves instantly in cold water

  • High energy red nectar

  • Measures 1.25 by 4.50 by 3.56 inches; 0.50 pounds

SKU: 

49849

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Product Details:
Product Length: 1.6 inches
Product Width: 3.0 inches
Product Height: 5.9 inches
Product Weight: 0.55 pounds
Package Length: 4.5 inches
Package Width: 3.6 inches
Package Height: 1.4 inches
Package Weight: 0.44 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 7 reviews
 
 

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Average Customer Review:2.0 ( 7 customer reviews )
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60 of 63 found the following review helpful:

1Don't waste your money  Apr 03, 2005
By Sheri
You won't find a single expert on hummingbirds who recommends "instant nectar" products such as this one. Why? Because 1) they're a complete waste of your money and 2) they expose the birds to ridiculously high concentrations of inadequately tested chemicals. The cheapest and easiest feeder solution also happens to be the closest in chemical composition to natural flower nectar: a solution of 3 or 4 parts water to one part ordinary white sugar. If you want the sugar to dissolve faster, get additive-free superfine baking sugar. DON'T use honey, food coloring, Kool-Aid, Jello, or any other junk - the birds drink nectar just for the energy and get everything else their bodies need from eating insects.

15 of 16 found the following review helpful:

1No dyes! No instant nectars!  Jul 23, 2006
By William M. Taylor "hummingbird biologist"
As a field biologist involved in hummingbird studies in the SW, I can say that red--or any other color--dye is nonsense! NOT needed, quite likely harmful. Also, I question the instant nectar--instructions say it doesn't require boiling. Is there a preservative in it that retards yeast and bacterial growth? If so it would likely be extremely harmful to the gut of the hummers: it could harm their natural internal flora.

14 of 16 found the following review helpful:

1RED DYE WILL HARM HUMMINGBIRDS - DO NOT USE IT  Jun 11, 2006
By Jeanne Mulloy
THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT STATE WHAT THEY USE FOR THE RED COLORING IN

THEIR NECTAR. IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT RED DYE #40 HAS PROVED

HARMFUL TO HUMMINGBIRDS CAUSING CANCER AND IS NOT NECESSARY.

NATURAL NECTAR IN THE WILD IS CLEAR WITHOUT COLOR. USING A COLORFUL

FEEDER WILL ATTRACT THE HUMMERS AND NOT HARM THEM.

3 of 4 found the following review helpful:

1don't buy make your own  Jul 31, 2007
By Eclectic Reader
For Hummingbirds: boil, on stove or microwave, 4 C water, 1 cup sugar.
Sugar water is all your hummers need. Do not waste your money on this product.

0 of 1 found the following review helpful:

1No birds came :(  Feb 17, 2009
By Jill Ayers "twinb"
I had a ton of hummingbirds last year - I got this to go with the new window feeder I bought. I had a few birds show up but none stayed. I did not read the reviews when I bought this it was a buy the feeder + buy the food, so I did. Now I will read a review before I buy even Hummingbird food.

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