How to keep bouquet of roses fresh

How to keep bouquet of roses fresh

Roses – the most popular flowers for gift bouquets. Pink plants of sort dogrose belong to family. Have various color. Grow in greenhouses, on garden sites. Are exported to the winter period from Holland where are grown up on huge plantations for export worldwide. At the correct storage the bouquet of roses will remain in fresh and original state within one month.

  • - stationery knife;
  • - vase;
  • - the warm filtered water;
  • - Krizal;
  • - dishwashing liquid;
  • - dense chlorine-containing means;
  • - aspirin;
  • - alcohol or vodka;
  • - vinegar;
  • - natural lemon juice.

1. That the bouquet of roses long remained fresh, prepare it for storage. Big flower shops which value the clients will never sell bouquet of roses with the lower leaves and thorns. As the law of successful flower business consists in the correct processing of roses before sale. And first of all is preparation of bouquet for storage.

2. If you cut off flowers independently or to you have brought them from the garden site, then the first that you have to make is to remove all thorns with sharp stationery knife and to clean stalk from leaves not less than on 1/3. The most optimum the option of cleaning of stalk on vase height is considered.

3. Make new cuts at an angle of 45 degrees on 2 cm from initial cut. Fill vase with water no more, than on half. Water has to be filtered with temperature of 40 degrees. Add to water 1 bag of medicine under trade name of Krizal. Is on sale in any flower shop. If you have put bouquet of roses with use of this medicine, then change water 2 times a week, wash out stalks under flowing water, do new cut, wash vase and again you part the specified means in vase with the fresh filtered water with temperature of 40 degrees.

4. Do not put bouquet under direct sunshine, you hold far from heating appliances. Do not put near bouquet of roses vase with fruit as they emit ethylene, and it has an adverse effect on roses.

5. If you have forgotten to buy Krizal, add instead of it 10 drops of natural lemon juice, vinegar or 1 teaspoon of vodka or medical alcohol. As a last resort, you can use 1 drop of dishwashing liquid, 1 tablet of aspirin or 1 drop of dense chlorine-containing means. Dissolve any of the specified means in warm water, fill vase and put the prepared bouquet.

6. Following these simple rules, you prolong life to bouquet of roses not less than for 30 days.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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