Almost every woman loves to be presented with beautiful flower bouquets. She puts them in a vase and admires the flowers for several days. But unfortunately, the bouquets fade very quickly.
As a rule, flowers retain their presentable appearance for no more than 5 days. Then they begin to dry out and crumble. And sometimes you really want the bouquet to delight everyone with its beauty much longer. The sight of fresh and delicate flowers always cheers you up, makes you smile. How to prolong the life of already cut flowers? I will share with you one way that prevents the bouquet from spoiling for a very long time.
Expert advice
Last year my sister had a birthday. As a gift, I wanted to buy her a gorgeous and expensive bouquet. The saleswoman immediately found the right option for me and even shared useful tips. As an expert in this matter, she told me a couple of rules for caring for flowers in a vase. If you strictly adhere to them, then you can significantly extend the life of any bouquet.
Common myths
Some people believe that no special substances need to be added to the flower water. One has only to change it regularly to avoid unpleasant color and odor. But that's not all.
In this case, you will need to constantly wash the vase itself. After all, many negative substances settle inside it, which quickly spoil even clean water. Such manipulations will take you extra time and effort. There are simpler methods to keep flowers looking for as long as possible.
Basic Rules
Before placing flowers in a vase of water, be sure to cut off the ends of the stem obliquely:
This is how we improve the nutrition of our flowers. It is advisable to carry out this procedure every day or at least every other day. This is an important point and all my methods will only work together.
Next, we need to find the coolest room in the apartment and put our flowers there. I have this room - I set there the minimum heating with a thermostat and the air temperature there is about 21 degrees. Now let's move on to our "secret"
Amazing supplement
After the tips on the stems have been cut off, proceed to the next procedure.
Over time, a large number of microorganisms accumulate in the water. Due to their rapid reproduction, the water begins to bloom and acquire a yellow tint. The stagnant water negatively affects the flowers themselves. They begin to rapidly turn yellow, wither.
To avoid such processes, you should add a special agent to the water, which I immediately bought in a flower shop (1 sachet is designed for 0.5 liters of water and cost 20 rubles. I bought 2 packages at once).
Everything is very simple here: cut off the bag with scissors and pour all the contents into a vase of water. I had about 1 liter of water, so I immediately poured out 2 bags and mixed everything thoroughly.
Well, then we just put flowers in a vase
10 days have passed:
16 days have passed:
So I can tell you with confidence that if you repeat everything written, then the flowers will stand for at least 2 weeks and not wither. Provided that you initially bought fresh flowers.