How To Keep Cut Flowers for Longer

Someone special in your life has given you a beautiful bunch of flowers, or you have just cut some flowers out of your garden – but now you’re thinking, what do I do with them?

If you are like most people, you’ll chuck them in a vase of water and forget them, only to find that they are dead within a couple of days!

Here are some great tips to extend the vase life of cut flowers to get the absolute most out of them!

1. The fresher, the better.

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Cut flowers in your garden during the morning or early evening when the temperatures are cooler. Use sharp pruners. As you cut the flowers, place them in a bucket of lukewarm water.

2. Once indoors, cut the stems with a sharp knife on a slant under running tap water.

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3. Remove leaves that will be below the water line in the vase.

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Do not remove thorns from roses as they won’t last very long.

4. Condition the cut flowers by placing the stems in lukewarm water for several hours in a cool, dark place.

This allows better absorption of water into the flowers.

5. Do not store or place cut flowers near unsealed fruits or vegetables.

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This could possibly produce ethylene gas that quickens the aging process of your flowers.

6. Change the water in the vase every two days.

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7. Feed your flowers.

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You can use the little packet of flower food that often comes with shop-bought bunches of flowers, or you can make your own! A good mixture is half lemonade and half water, which you should change every day. Other substances which you can use to make plant food are: few splashes of citrus fruit juice, vinegar, mouthwash or a crushed aspirin plus a teaspoon of sugar to the water.

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