To extend the life of flowers, you need to follow some recommendations:
- Flowers that are sold in ready-made bouquets are most likely severely dehydrated. After buying a bouquet, you need to make new cuts under water and remove all the leaves from the bottom, and then put the bouquet in warm water so that the flowers will absorb the necessary moisture. If the flower has a soft stem, then the cut on it is made long and oblique, which will allow it to absorb more water.
- The water in the vase needs to be checked periodically, changing it to fresh. Spoiled water can cause the bouquet to fade instantly.
- You can add sugar to the water or ammonium solution, as well as any disinfectant or special fertilizer available at every flower shop.
- You should not put the bouquet in a place where there is direct sunlight or near radiators.
- Remove dying flowers if there are more than one on the stem, this will allow the flowers to last longer.
- Spray the bouquet with water, this can give it a freshness and a pleasant natural scent.
How to keep cut flowers fresh for longer?
Tulip care
A bouquet of tulips fades very quickly, but if you put their stems in hot water, until the original appearance is restored. Before that, you need to make new cuts on each stem. And the duration of such a restoration depends on the state of the flowers.
Rose care
To preserve the longevity of a bouquet of roses, you need to cut off all thorns and unnecessary leaves from the stems. The cut must be done obliquely, and at the very bottom, divide each stem into a couple of parts. If the roses began to droop again, then you need to renew the cuts again and lower them in hot water. You cannot put a bouquet of roses together with any other types of flowers.
Gerbera care
The stalk of a gerbera is poorly stored in water, for this reason, a vase prepared for a gerbera must be thoroughly rinsed and poured with water, adding a disinfectant or special fertilizer for bouquets to it. Such a bouquet should be put into water as quickly as possible and left in this position for 3-4 hours. The amount of water should not be too large, and to prevent infection with various bacterial infections, you can drop a couple of drops of chlorine into it. Only after the stems have hardened can gerberas be used to form bouquets. But in the event that they could not absorb the required amount and could not get stronger, then you can resort to using wire to strengthen them.
Remove any excess growth from the stems and use only a clean vase. The water must always be fresh with the addition of dressings for cut flowers or drops of chlorine. You need to be extremely careful with gerbera, because it is very delicate and any damage will definitely appear the next day.
The stem of the gerbera is very soft. And in order to prolong the life of a gerbera, the stem must be cut only with a very sharp knife and the cut must be oblique.
Lilac care
A lilac branch cut from a large bush has a very tough stem.Therefore, it should be processed in the same way as for a rose, having previously removed all the leaves from the branches so that there is no additional evaporation through them.
Daffodil care
There is a milky sap in the stems of daffodils, which begins to stand out after they are cut. It spoils the quality of the water, for this reason it needs to be changed to fresh water every day. To restore daffodils, if they have slightly faded, can be quite simple, just by placing them in warm water. A bouquet of daffodils does not like the neighborhood with spray roses, carnations and hyacinths. But they can get along with other flowers, the main thing is to let them stand alone in their water for at least three hours.
Lily care
A bouquet of lilies can last as long as ten days. The pollen can greatly stain the surrounding objects, so it is recommended to remove the stamens. As it dries, the flowers can be removed.
Carnation can stand in the water in excellent condition for three whole weeks, but it is worth remembering that they do not like to "sit in a vase" with other types of flowers, in fact, like lilies of the valley.
