How to keep flowers

How to keep flowers

The feeling of holiday always wants to be kept for a long time. Flowers – the integral attribute of any holiday, especially if this holiday concerns the woman.

Instruction

1. When you bring bouquet home, at once remove all leaves which will be below the line of water. It will allow to prevent turbidity of water and rotting of fossils. Remove also all excess leaves which will evaporate a lot of moisture. In particular roses and chrysanthemums need it.

2. Substitute stalk of each flower branch under stream of cold water and cut off on slanting. It needs to be done under water that in stalk air locks which will prevent water to arrive to flower have not got. If branches with solid bark, for example branches of lilac, mimosa, rose, then it is necessary to remove 5 cm of bark and to flatten out stalk the hammer a little.

3. The ends of the colors distinguishing lacteal juice need to be lowered for several seconds in boiled water that juice has not corked the removing openings. Some quickly cauterize cuts the lighter and scratch out crust from the baked juice.

4. Water for flowers has to be rather cool. The vase in which put flowers has to be completely filled. If have presented you gerberas, then for them 1/3 waters are enough, in order to avoid rotting it is impossible to submerge completely gerbera stalk in water. It is necessary to change water regularly once a day. Plants with large leaves need to be sprayed with water.

5. Cut flowers cannot be put under sunshine and on draft. Put them on the shelf on which the shadow and cool suffices. Do not put near flowers fruit because they emit maturing gas – ethylene which will quickly lead bouquet to withering.

6. For the night it is desirable to wrap flowers in wet paper, or to place in the bathroom, or bucket. Remember that at gerbera and tulip very gentle stalks therefore try not to damage them.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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