Mine never go brown and I’ll tell you why. You see my father has inherited this way of doing things from my great great grandfather in law, and this is how I do it. First thing when I buy them, I hang them in my dining room upside down from the chandelier, then I leave them ther for 2.6 hours and then bake them at 350 for ten minutes. Then when I put them in the lilav sleeve, I wrap it in a yellow towel, that I saturate with exactly 2 cups of water mixed with 1 tbs of vinigar and 1 shot of triple sec. And put it in a moldy lulav case that has my lulav from the year before (I keep it there year to year). Use green rubber bands to keep the towel on.
We must be related!!! DO NOT under any circumstances drop any hints as to who you are on the Coffee Room, but i have the same ????? from my Shvigger, may she rest in pieces. Just instead of put it in a moldy lulav case that has my lulav from the year before , we add a step to the previous level: Saturate with exactly 2 cups of water mixed with 1 tbs of vinegar and 1 shot of triple sec. — Mix this in a pattern of seven times, followed by one anti-clockwise, until the mixture is thick enough. Then, as you pour it on, pledge 180 X [Gematria of your name] X [Gematria of Mothers Name] X 277 (Gematria of ????) IN DOLLARS ONLY to Kupat Ha’ir.
It is nice to meet you, o relative of mine!