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This is generally possible using the flower nutrition, as liquid or granules, (the flower nutrition’s dissolution has to be made into another vase, not directly into flower vase, in warm water) and, on the other hand, using the chemical solutions to destroy the bacteria that is speeding up the putrefaction process.There are several techniques of keeping the cut flower’s life:

• Cleansing the inferior part of the stem, which remain in water, of leafs, flowers or sprigs, because those are disintegrating and there comes the reek.

• Averting the leafs from the entire stem. This practice is used to ligneous species, like the lilac, of which leafs are exuding and than the flower is not longer hydrated.

• The cut of the stem at a very sharp angle 1 1/2 to 2 inches below the end of the stem that the absorption area would be as large as the flower need to be hydrated. If you want to refresh the flower, cut the stem once more. Is good for the flower to be cut under water, blocking the air to break in.

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