Flower dope or how to extend the life of the bouquet?

To prolong the life of the bouquet, first of all, you need to sweeten his life by adding sugar to the vase: 1 tablespoon of sugar per 1 liter of water. This composition significantly increases the flowering of lilac, freesia, carnations, roses, tulips, sweet peas, asters. Keep in mind that the flowers, cut in buds, require more sugar than fully revealed. But, since the bacteria in such a solution will begin to multiply even faster, another antiseptic must be put into the nutrient solution.

To protect against bacteria, you can add pieces of charcoal to the water, a silver coin (spoon or ringlet), as was done in the old days, or pour detergent into the water (at the tip of the knife). Some advise a little salt water at the rate of 1 teaspoon of salt per 1 liter of water. Good antiseptics - potassium permanganate (0.003 g or several crystals per 1 liter of water), aspirin (1 tablet per 1 l of water), boric acid (0.1 g per 1 l of water).

Irises and tulips love the cold. A few ice cubes, thrown into a vase, will give them a tone.

Dahlias will not mind if you add 3-4 drops of vinegar to the water.

Gladioli will be grateful to you for water, to which table salt is added (at the rate of 1 teaspoon per 1 l of water) or a few drops of ammonia.

Among the flowers there are "bitter drunks". For example, aster. Skromnyaga feels much better ... in an alcohol solution. Only its concentration should be moderate: one teaspoon of alcohol per 1 liter of water. Orchid is also not against breathing alcohol vapors. Take some drops of alcohol and, as a thank you, you can enjoy its vigorous look for more than one day. Adding one tablespoon of vinegar and 50-75 g of sugar per liter of water will significantly prolong the life of cut roses. Many different ways are used to preserve cut flowers. Dissolve additives in water that slow down the process of rotting of the stem (they are recommended for one liter of water): 1 crushed aspirin or activated carbon tablet, several crystals of potassium permanganate (manganese) or citric acid.

Water in a vase using supplements is changed after three days, and for orchids once a week. But different flowers require different ways to continue their life in a bouquet. Sugar, for example, is undesirable for amaryllis, lily of the valley, cyclamen, clematis.

For many plants, the water level in the vase is very important (for example, gerberas and daffodils should be submerged 5 cm or 1/3 of the stem length).

Tulips. It is better not to remove the rubber rings from them, but add sugar to the vase with water.
Daffodils - buds formed. To saturate with water, immersing the stem for 1-2 hours in hot water (up to 50C). Put in shallow vessels, add salt. By the way, daffodils can not be placed in the same vase with tulips immediately. At first they are placed separately, and after a few hours or the next day they are combined, replacing the water.
On the stem you need to make an oblique cut, otherwise it will not be able to absorb water. Both the vase and the water must be clean. Once every 2 - 3 days you need to change the water and cut the stem by 1 - 1.5 cm. There should be neither leaves nor thorns in the water - otherwise it will quickly become rotten and ruin the bouquet. Therefore, the lower part of the stems need to be cleaned. To prevent water from rotting, you can throw an aspirin pill into it, a drop of Ferry will make the same impression. Flowers do not like being touched. It is also good to sprinkle a bouquet of water overnight and cover it with a plastic bag, away from light bulbs and batteries.

If the flowers cannot be immediately put in a vase, spray them with clean water, cover with cellophane, wet paper. But for a long life you need a solution that feeds flowers through the tissues of the stem. The leaves are “extra mouths”, without regret, free the lower part of the stem from leaf blades, remove thorns on roses, and tulips and lilies have stamens with pollen sacks.

1. Cut the lower part of the stem of flowers under a stream of a tap or in a container with water (with a sharp knife or blade). The cut should be oblique and long (from 3 to 10 cm), it is desirable to refresh it more often.
2. Lignified or solid green shoots (jasmine, almond, rose, chrysanthemum, aster) additionally split along a few centimeters.
3. Water for flowers use room temperature.
4. At the bottom of the vase for disinfection, put a pinch of crushed charcoal.
5. Submerge the stems two-thirds of their length.
6. Do not leave the bouquet in the sun, near the battery, the best temperature conditions for it are 18–20 ° C.
7. Change the water in the vase more often.

Individual recommendations for different colors in the bouquet

Any flower will quickly wither in a warm, draft. Better if the room where the bouquet is, the air temperature will be moderate. For some plants need cool, frequent spraying water. For large dark-colored roses, a cold bath at night may be useful.

Plant type How to prolong the life of a bouquet

Roses

Oblique cut. In water, dissolve ½ tablet of aspirin (not American) or a drop of bleach. Water should be hot, but not boiled. Add 10–15 grams of sugar to 1 liter of water. You can save up to 25 days. Carnations A slice cut in the knot area on the stem, lower its tip into alcohol for a few seconds. Add 15 grams of sugar and 1/3 aspirin (per 1 liter of water) to hot water for flowers. Up to 3 weeks or more.

Dahlias, gladioli

½ tablet of aspirin for 3 liters of water or 5 citric acid crystals.

Chrysanthemums, asters

½ tablet of aspirin per 3 liters of water (or 5 citric acid crystals) or 10–15 grams of sugar per 1 liter of hot water. Live a month in a bouquet. The branches of mimosa, acacia, lilac, freesia. Put in a light purple solution of potassium permanganate. Add 15–30 grams of sugar to 1 liter of water. Long will delight flowering (more than a month).

Peonies

Split the tips of the stem and lower it for a while in hot water. Keep the day in the fridge. Add 10–15 grams of sugar to 1 liter of water. Peonies - short-lived flowers, even taking measures to extend the freshness, save the bouquet should not succeed. Orchids Water should be warm and fresh. Cut stems gently into millimeters. Fully blooming flowers live in a bouquet from 1 to 3 weeks.

Daffodils

Treat stalks of torn flowers in buds with warm water, put them in cool water for a day, often spray them. Add 10–15 grams of sugar to 1 liter of water. Live from 7 to 10 days.

Lilies

On the shoot there should be one blooming flower, the rest in buds (later they will open). Split the ends and dip into cold water. The legs. The stems begin to rot quickly. Put separately from other colors.

Tulips try to return the turgor with warm sweetened water and bright light of the lamp. It is easier to reanimate a faded bouquet consisting of plants with a thick stem (roses, chrysanthemums). To do this, refresh the cut, split the stem and place the flowers in hot water (60–70 ° С). Add one or two teaspoons of sugar to 1 liter of water.

Roses with a short stem and few leaves come to life faster.

Plants - "long-lived" in bouquets - chrysanthemums, asters, roses. To keep these and other flowers fresh as long as possible, follow the simple guidelines. Remember, in order to preserve the freshness of the bouquet, you need to follow at least three rules: change the water daily, keep the bouquet cool, do not allow the stems to rot and contaminate the water. Create for the children of Flora such conditions in which they will long delight in their flowering and fragrance, even when cut off.