It’s a shame when donated flowers wither before the last story with a bouquet disappears from social networks. Some people even believe that the rate of wilting of the bouquet is affected by how sincere the giver was. Florist Valentina Safronova has a different opinion. She assured that any flowers will stand for a long time, if you follow a few rules.
Required for flowers pick the right vase. For voluminous bouquets, a vessel with a wide body is suitable, and for flowers with long stems – with an oblong body. There should be enough water in the vase, and the plants should not rub against each other.
Before putting the bouquet in a vase, the stems of the flowers must be wash with cold water under the tap and cut to 1 cm. It is better to make a cut oblique – at an angle of 45 degrees.
And by the way, water for flowers needs to be changed every day. And it is better to take filtered drinking water, and not pour it directly from the tap, because it is too hard. You can also put flowers in mineral water instead of fresh water. And when the flowers begin to fade, you can spray them with a spray bottle.
Important: flowers should be at room temperature. Putting them on a windowsill, near heaters or in direct sunlight is not an option, the florist told Evening Moscow.
Any bouquet sooner or, if you do everything right, will fade later. But home plants with proper care can live for years and even decades. So, when you are going on vacation or a business trip, you should think about how to help them survive the separation. Here are some good tips on this.
