It’s the season to offer or decorate your house with beautiful flower varieties. It’s only natural you want to enjoy that beautiful bouquet you chose\u00a0or received for as long as you can. Here’s how to keep flowers fresh longer in general or depending on the variety.<\/strong><\/p>\n
First of all, cut approximately 1 inch from the stalks with a knife. Don’t use scissors and don’t break them. If the stalk is damaged or broken, cut that part, because once sunk in the water it’s the ideal environment for bacteria, flees etc. and the flower can’t absorb water right.<\/p>\n
Remove the leaves from the part of the stalk that you put in the vase and make sure the vase is clean, also to prevent pests flourishing.<\/p>\n
The water must be at room temperature, not cold, from the tap, and has to be changed every day.<\/p>\n
Only 1\/3 of the stalks length should be in water..<\/p>\n
Flowers hold longer if you put a copper coin in the water, against must bacteria.<\/p>\n
Every time you change the water, add a spoon of\u00a0hydrogen peroxide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
If you\u00a0use mineral water and change it every 3 days, you’ll enjoy your flowers two times longer.<\/p>\n
Flowers stay fresh longer if you stick them in a pierced potato, placed on the bottom of the vase. The starch in the potato\u00a0is absorbed\u00a0giving\u00a0the flowers more vitality.<\/p>\n
Yellow flowers last more than others.<\/p>\n
Daffodils, tulips and\u00a0hyacinths last longer if you pierce the stalk\u00a0with a needle. They will absorb the water easier and stay fresh. They also benefit from having a starch spoon added in the water.<\/p>\n
Put a sugar cube in the water you keep freesias in and they will blossom to the las bud.<\/p>\n
Roses and other flowers with a wooden stalk have to be dipped in hot water for a few minutes before being placed in the vase, so that they absorb the water better.<\/p>\n
Mums, roses and poppies enjoy a piece of wood coal and some sugar in their water.<\/p>\n
Carnations’ stalks should be cut between two knots, and never directly on them.<\/p>\n
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