How to prolong the life of your flowers

Probably not women who don't like flowers. Flowers bring happiness, joy and fun, but not long-term. Today Women's Magazine will tell you how to extend the life of your flowers.


Cut the flower continues to breathe and grow, using only their stocks. Close to its full development, it will quickly fade, Mature enough - not disclosed.




Almost all colors are subject to daily change of water. With the exception of secreting a slimy juice hyacinths, daffodils and Amaryllis - they love the warm water. And such "AirCon" as asters, dahlias, I love that they changed the water that night.




Water flowers prefer clean, high temperature and, oddly enough, boiled, they absorb it twice crude, saturated with oxygen. You can use and has stood for days with ordinary tap water. Very useful daily spray of flowers (in addition to carnations) water - it replaces the dew.




There is an easy and simple way to extend the life of your flowers. For this you will need detergent (dish) and cool water. In a vase of cool water you need to add approximately one tablespoon of detergent. All other actions described in the preceding paragraph.




The water level in the vase also has important effects on the life expectancy of colors. For different colors and various levels: for freesia - 5 cm, Gerber - 5-8 cm, chrysanthemums, roses, irises, tulips - 10 cm, carnations and daffodils - 10-15 cm




The life expectancy of colors is greatly influenced and where they stand in the room. Flowers should stand in a bright room, but not in direct sunlight. You do not want in the room were the drafts. An important role plays and indoor temperature: the temperature of 18-19° flowers are longer than at the temperature of 22°. At night it is recommended to put the flowers in a cool place (+10 to +15°C) or tightly wrapped in paper and immerse in a bucket of water.




If the colors are slightly faded, then you can under water to refresh slice, spray flower and briefly cover it with a damp paper. You can still immerse the flowers in warm water for a few minutes.




Heavily faded flowers can liven up with hot water. For this you need to update sections of stems, leaves and flowers to put in the package or wrapping paper and lower the ends of the stems in hot water (about 80 - 90 degrees). Thin stems need to keep in the water for longer than 10 seconds, and thick - 20-30 seconds. Then the flowers should be placed in cold water.

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