Water formulas for keeping flowers in vases and other tricks

When you buy flowers on your trip to the groceries or Florists or somebody brought you a bundle, you like these flowers to stays fresh as long as possible in vases. Here are water formulas for keeping these blooms fresh for days, and other tricks.

Flowers need food, water and a clean environment. So the basic formula is a little sugar for food or a substitute, clean water and some bleach or the kind to stop bacterial and fungal growth that may eat up submerged stems.

One recipe is 1 quart water + 2 tablespoon lemon juice +1 tablespoon sugar.

Another is a cup regular 7-Up  + 1 cup water  + 1/2 teaspoon household bleach. The sugar in the 7-Up will be the plant food.

Some of the flowers may give off sap that is toxic to other varieties in the vase shortening their vase life, a process that is avoided by frequently refreshing the water solution..

Be very careful with the sugar. Too much will cause you solution to be hyperosmotic which will draw the water out from the flowers instead and wilt it, defeating our purpose. Adjust the sugar sparingly.

Trim the stem tips diagonally, to increase surface area absorbing water.You want to open the stems up to the water, so cut off the dried bottoms at an angle to let them take up as much water as possible. Trim ends every 3 or 4 days.

Remove dead leaves and dried parts. Dead leaves will deteriorate fast in water and cause algal and bacterial blooms.

Keep the vase away from heat source such as the stove and direct sunlight. Remove outer petals that are wilted everyday and if you have a spray bottle, mist the flowers every morning.
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