How to preserve flowers in a vase

So a vase flowers last for more time, we can use various tricks, and thus they will wear their beauty for several days.

How to preserve flowers in a vase

flowery garden, or a well-stocked trust florist, or those who have the good fortune of having access to decorative flowers at all times of the year, can enjoy the benefits and beauty that flowers bring to every home environment. But on occasions up to the most beautiful bouquet of flowers deteriorates in a few days, losing trim its splendor. For this reason, we learn some tricks to keep in better shape and appearance the flowers in vases.

Often the flowers in vases are just changing the water daily. Just let the vase with flowers under the tap or tap and let the water run. If in this replacement water had unpleasant smells, we can prevent it by placing a simple piece of charcoal in the water.

During the spring and summer, we can aerate vases flowers by removing a few moments into the courtyard. But in winter, the flowers remain enclosed within the environments, withering before they should by the aggressive action of the home heating system. To prevent vases flowers wither quickly, cut a raw potato and put some pieces, with skin, in water from vases. Another, even more effectively, is to place the whole potatoes (by choosing the smallest) and nailing them the toughest flower stems.

 

So flowers Vases endure more, we must avoid embolism which occurs in his court. If we plant in the garden, chopping them we introduce your stem inside a bowl with clear water, and do the cutting in water. We can also cut one or two centimetres of the stems of cut flowers, and immediately soak them in hot water. In this way, or you will enter air by the stem, prolonging the life of the flower in the vase.

It is also prudent to refresh the flowers at night. Depending on the variety, you can take it to the garden, but don’t place them in the fridge or get to the patio in days of too cold, because they will burn and would be highly affected.

Softer stems can be cut in a straight manner, while the strongest stems should be cut at an angle of about 40 ° to 50 °, diagonally. Some woody stems can be incinerated in the burners of the cooking, to burn them and prolong their vase life.

To make flowers and branches look great in vases, we can use green polishes. These give a fresh and green appearance all flowers and lucid branches. We can make this Polish at home, with various techniques. One of them is to boil milk and wipe it with a cloth on the leaves. We can also use Glycerin or beer, applying them with a clean rag on each sheet, to clean them and leave them bright and renovated.