Flowers cut in the morning will last the longest. By this time in the cells of the plant contains a large number of juices. Flowers are best cut off when they are not quite bloomed, except for dahlias and asters. Thus, the flowers will not be damaged when carried, and they will live longer. You can not cut flowers during the rain.
Do not tear flowers with your hands - this will damage the conductive tissues, the plant will be difficult to suck water. Cut flowers with a sharp knife, if possible leave long stems. Cut at an angle, so the surface will be enlarged, and through it the plant will suck in water. Stems are best not just at an angle incised, but it is recommended to split with a knife, for better water supply. When the cut is made even, the plant, adjacent to the bottom of the vase, will block access to water. Slices on the stems need to be updated from time to time, because after standing for several days in the water, they begin to rot, become covered with mucus, and all this will not allow water to penetrate.
If the plant after the cut produces milk juice , then it should be put in warm water. Otherwise, the juice can harden and water can not enter the stem. Change the water you need once a day, great value has what temperature water, for the life of flowers it has sometimes, crucial. In very cold water, flowers quickly lose their freshness.
Restore the freshness of the wilted mimosa can be thus: wrap the flowers in paper, stalks dip in a ceramic pot with hot water and leave in a pot to stand for several hours. The next day the mimosa will look beautiful and fresh.
To keep cut flowers for a long time, you need to add nutrients to the water. For example, the floor of a tablet of aspirin, which must be dissolved in 3 liters of water, it can prolong the life of dahlias, chrysanthemums and other flowers. 10% solution of cane sugar can double the life of asters. But there is no universal means to prolong the life of flowers yet.
All flowers need a daily water change. Such flowers as dahlias, asters, like when they change the water only in the evening. Flowers that give off mucous juice - amaryllis, daffodils and hyacinths like only warm water.
All flowers prefer medium-temperature water, pure, boiled, which is absorbed 2 times more than raw water, which is supersaturated with oxygen. You can use tap water, which must be infused during the day. It is useful to spray flowers with water, except for carnations , it replaces flowers with dew.
Cut flowers keep their freshness from 2 to 15 days . Most of all there are gladioluses - 15 days, chrysanthemums - 10-12 days, and peonies live up to 8 days.
If you bought flowers in the store, be sure to refresh : put them in the water and there cut the ends of the stems a couple of centimeters. Put some charcoal in the water.
When the rose has dropped, take and wrap it in wet paper, give it a vertical position, in an hour it will straighten. Rose loves fresh water, not very warm, with the addition of a little potassium permanganate, or sugar, or aspirin. If the rose is too wide, then you can remove the outer lobes.
Lilac should be cut every day and smashed the tips of the stems , doing this very carefully. You can remove extra leaves if there are a lot of them on the branch. Add citric acid or vinegar to the water.
Caring for the carnations is very simple , you need four days to change the water and trim the stems.
Tulips, if slightly wilted, put on a bright light , and they again straighten.
Chrysanthemums are very moody , they are better to break off, and stalks, breaking up, turning into broomsticks. Water should be changed every day and unnecessary leaves must be removed.
Such a fragile plant, like mimosa , can be kept fresh for a week, if it is put in warm water for 30-40 minutes, in which several drops of vinegar are previously added, then the slice must be renewed and it needs to be crushed with a hammer and then put in water.
Cyclamens and dahlias do not like to be cut with unbroken buds , they can then not blossom. Do not put them in the sun or in a very warm place, and then they will stand longer. Especially if you add a little citric acid to the water or a few drops of vinegar.
Leaves of flowers should not be in the water. They begin to decompose and infect other stems. For bulbous plants, for their tender stems, choose a vase with concave or rounded edges. Soft stems can easily be injured by the sharp edge of the vase.
To keep the bouquet long fresh and beautiful , and especially if you need to give these flowers, after a certain time, put in the dark place the cut flowers for at least two hours, at night, take them to a well-ventilated and cool room. Then the flowers will come to life, even if they are a bit wilted.
Broken flowers are afraid of such seemingly innocuous things as bright sun, smoke-filled premises, temperature changes, light drafts, heat, cold, tremors. According to experts, flowers are very sensitive to the psychological climate in the family. They live longer in a house where peace and peace reign, and less live where there are quarrels and screams in the family.
If you follow such simple advice, then you can prolong the life of cut flowers in a vase, and they will delight you for a long time with their beauty.