How to Look After your Cut Flowers
All Flowers
- Fill the vase three-quarters full. Remove any leaves that hang below the water level.
- Replace the water as often as you can.
- Cut-off any dead or dying flowers. If the flower is completely dead remove the whole flower from the vase.
- Add flower food to the water. You can find flower food from any good florist shops or nursery..
Soft Flowers
Soft stemmed flowers (daffodils, tulips, lilies, freesias, etc) benefit from having a little stem cut off after the water change. You will notice after they've been standing in water that the bottom of the stem curls. Snip this off with sharp scissors and replace in the fresh water. Yellow daffodils and red tulips make a spectacular spring display.
Beware of the pollen on lilies, it stains skin and clothing, so take care when drawing curtains in front of your vase.
Hard or Wooden Flowers
Roses - Use a blunt instrument to 'bash' the cut end of the stem. Top up the water with lemonade and add an aspirin. If rosebuds start to droop before they open, remove the stems and plunge them into boiling water for a few seconds.
Carnations - Some flower suppliers remove the suckers from carnations to grow more plants. Some don't. This is where you can capitalize and get new flowers for next to nothing. Suckers are the growths on the stem which don't have buds on. Peel them back and off, there may be up to ten per flower stalk. When you have collected all the suckers, make a cut with a sharp knife, just above where it was attached to the parent plant. Dip the cut end in water then shake. Dab the damp end into a pot of hormonal root powder, and plant it straight into your garden, in a hole made by a pencil or the end of a spoon. Firm the earth around the sucker and water gently, don't flood it. Some won't take, but some will. Every one is a free plant and soon you will be able to pick your own carnations.
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