subject: Care Of Fresh Cut Flowers [print this page] When caring for fresh cut flowers, diligence is the key. Flowers require care and attention to ensure that lasts far beyond the day you brought home from the store or a court under air. Clean water balanced, open and stems are the most important factors for fresh cut flowers last.
In order to understand how to care for fresh flowers, it is important to understand how flowers drink. The water is transported through the flower stem. The stem is filled with cells that function as an automatic water system of straw suck the water while staying submerged. If the stem is removed from the water, the mother is an air bubble to keep the air rather than ride this bubble of air sucked in, the water plant can not breathe and must re-cut.
If you are planning to Buy wedding flowers. Use a sharp knife, nail clippers or scissors and cut cleanly, making sure not to bend the stems as they prohibit the movement of water. Household scissors are not recommended since they can easily crush the stems. Place the stems immediately in a bucket of water. Some recommend to make a fresh cut under water to avoid any possibility that an air bubble is formed.
This is a small list of 5 tips, we have published to help with the care of the flowers. When do you like shopping? What are your favorites? Like you give flowers? If you have aphoto, we'd love to share it with you in our facebook group. We hope these tips serve you.
1. Before you buy, make sure the flowers actually are fresh cut flowers. The life cycle of a cut flower is not very long. Depending on the variety, fresh can last a week. It is therefore important that the purchase freshly cut. How do I know? In a freshly cut flower, the bud is covered by the sepals (the green leaf shaped petal). If the flower leans much, it means that has long cut.
2. At home, choose a bright place to place. But where no direct light.
3. If you pour a few drops of bleach (1 / 2 teaspoon) in water, the flowers will last longer.Many florists and cut flower preservative delivered, but it is a good homemade recipe, just in case.
4. Cut from 1 to 3 cm stems at an angle, bevel, so that the water penetrate better by the stem.
5. Some flowers, like roses, eucalyptus or peonies can dry them and use them todecorate every corner. The roses and peonies, flower-great-it is better to place them ina vase, and ensure that they are not in contact with each other, so that good air circulation among the flowers. For the rest, usually works the typical method of dryingupside down: just clean out the flower stems and tie with string, hang them upside down,and wait: in three weeks, they will be dry and ready for more fun.
