Posted by admin | Posted in Info Corner, Roses | Posted on 15-11-2006
Tags: how to prolong cut roses life, sunflower resistance, tips for cut flowers, tricks for cut flowers
Rose
The roses are charming, but very sophisticated and pretentious flowers too. There are some tricks to prolong the rose’s life:
- It would be good, if it’s any possibility, to be conserved in a cold place, even the fridge, but not near the other products, for a few hours, after bought them.
Cut the stem at a very sharp angle under the water and than let the water to flow over the stems for 3 minutes.
Soften the base of the stem into mint oil before put in the vase.
- Add some lemon drops into flower’s water or a little salt.
- Introduce the roses till flower in a tall and full of water vase than leave them in a dark cold place even for 24 hours.
- For bacteria to be destroyed, add a drop of disinfecting substance in flowers water.
- The roses need to stay in tall vases, filled with warm water.
- You have to change the water daily.
Tulip
The tulip’s availability, as a cut flower, is from 8 to 10 days. The tulip doesn’t bear the water privation and the warmth. For a better hydration, you need to cut the white base of the stem under the water and put it in a cold, without draught space, into cold and fresh water. To maintain the water’s freshness and the flower’s natural colors, attach some small branches of Tuia. You can also put a metal coin. To avoid the tulip’s declension, you have to fill the vase with water or to wrap the flower into a paper, because the stem will turn towards the light.