Tips to keep your flowers fresh longer

Have you received a beautiful bouquet from your home floral art magazine from someone who loves you so much? The beauty, fragrance, and vibrant colors of the flowers bring life to your home, so you want to keep them vivid and fresh as naturally as possible. But without the right information, this can be a major challenge. For example, did you know that it’s better to pour warm water than cold water into a vase where a bouquet will be placed?

This post will show you the best tricks and tips you should follow to get it so that your flowers are preserved with the best shine for days.

Tips

1. Remove the wrapper

Whether it’s red roses, pink lilies, colorful tulips, or other kinds of flowers, the bouquet is always protected by a transparent wrapper. When you receive it, you need to remove it so that the air circulates between the flowers and the flowers do not “sweat” due to lack of sweat. Spraying the flowers with water is also highly recommended.

2. Cut the beveled stem

Before placing the flowers in the vase, cut the stems one at a time, at an angle of 45 degrees. You can do it with regular sharp scissors, gardening, or a knife. Cutting the stem in this way increases the surface on which the flowers can absorb water. It is also strongly recommended that you keep cutting the stem every three days.

3.Hot water

Believe it or not, one of the best ways to make cut flowers last longer is to use hot water the first time you put them in a vase. Flowers are easy to absorb water, so choose warm water without using cold water.

4. Do not put many flowers in the same vase

Many flowers in the same vase are visual pleasures, but they also make your flowers last longer. A large number of flowers in a small space prevents proper air circulation between them. Therefore, for the bouquets of many flowers, it is advisable to divide them into two different containers.

5.Use preservatives or flower food

When you receive fresh flowers, you can see that the bouquet has a small envelope with “flower food.” It is a substance that keeps your flowers longer. You need to pour the contents into the vase warm water.

You can also make homemade preservatives. For example, sugar nourishes flowers and white vinegar prevents bacteria. You need only add a few tablespoons of these ingredients per liter of hot water.

6. Change the water every two days

It is essential to change the vase water very frequently, at least every two days. This prevents the growth of microorganisms and bacteria in the container. Also, before changing water, thoroughly clean the vase to remove waste.

7. Cut submerged leaves

You also need to pay special attention to cutting leaves that are submerged in the water of the vase. These can be the source of the rest of the flowers. It also removes already dead leaves and flowers.

8. Do not place in direct sunlight or current

When choosing a place in your home where you will place the bouquet, you need to be careful that the airflow drops the flowers prematurely. You should also keep the bouquet out of direct sunlight, but enjoy clarity.

Sebastian

Sebastian was born and raised in the busy city of Abbottabad. As a journalist, Saad Mushtaq has contributed to many online publications including the PAK Today and the Huffing Post. In regards to academics, Saad Mushtaq earned a degree in business from the Abbottabad UST, Havelian. Saad Mushtaq follows the money and covers all aspects of emerging tech here at The Hear Up.Thanks