How to preserve the life of flowers in a vase: “life hacks” and debunking folk myths from a florist

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You were given an expensive, luxurious bouquet, and it stood in a vase for a couple of days and wilted. Many people have encountered this. Often people blame the flower shop or believe that the bouquet was not given from the heart, and forget that flowers – even cut ones – need to be cared for. Florist and owner of one of the flower shops, Daria Starokozhko, shared tips on how to do it correctly.

No vodka and aspirin: just change the water

It is believed that if you add vodka, aspirin, or even Domestos, a cleaning agent used for cleaning rooms, to the water in the vase, the flowers will last longer.

According to the expert, what really helps flowers last longer are specially designed products. For example, “Kryzal” powder. Many flower companies include a bag of this powder with the order.

Life hack: “There should be enough water in the vase, especially if the plants have a long stem,” the florist notes. This is necessary so that not only the stem, but also the leaves and the flower itself are saturated with water.

Do not cut flowers with ordinary scissors

Flowers last longer in a vase if they are slightly updated every day.

– But you shouldn’t cut flowers with scissors. Unless they’re floral or garden scissors, – explains Daria. – Scissors crush capillaries – flower vessels, when pressed, the area of ​​the stem through which it drinks water becomes smaller, it gets compressed.

To care for flowers, the florist recommends purchasing pruners or renewing the cut with a sharp stationery knife.

A monobouquet lasts longer than a prefabricated one. Hyacinths kill

– The average service life of a collective bouquet is 3-7 days, – says the expert. – On the third day, some flowers begin to wither. Some varieties can even earlier. Collective bouquets are beautiful, but less durable than monobouquets.

The florist advises to remove all the extra leaves from the flowers – such bouquets last longer. When there are many extraneous elements, the flower spends a lot of energy on support of their life, and the bud itself, which feeds on the residual principle, withers faster.

“When buying a bouquet, we try to cut off excess leaves or add decorative greenery,” explains the florist. “If the client received a bouquet with leaves, we recommend cutting off the excess and leaving a couple of leaves on top for beauty.”

The expert says: there are varieties of flowers that shorten the life of their “neighbors.”As a rule, these are bulbous flowers – tulips, hyacinths and daffodils. They secrete a sticky poisonous substance, which causes flowers standing nearby to wither faster.

If, for example, tulips are placed with roses, the roses will last several times less than if they were in a vase. The florist notes that hyacinths are the most poisonous, and they should be avoided in a complex bouquet.

Remove wilted flowers, do not place them near batteries and heat sources

If any flowers in a bouquet have spoiled, those next to them will also begin to spoil. Dying flowers secrete a substance that causes their neighbors to go through their life cycle faster. If possible, remove the flowers from the bouquet.

– You should not place flowers near heating appliances, a stove, or an open window. Flowers do not like drafts and temperature changes, the specialist warns.