What can be done to make the roses in the vase last longer?
The gorgeous beauty of roses has only one drawback - they fade quickly, especially after cutting. However, through trial and error, connoisseurs of these wonderful flowers have invented several tricks that will help keep the bouquet fresh for two weeks, or even more.
What are these tricky tips and how to care for roses in a vase of water? There is nothing particularly complicated in this, and everything you need is always at hand in the kitchen or in the home medicine cabinet. So, so that the roses do not fade very quickly, you need to properly prepare:
- flowers to move from a bouquet in a vase;
- a vase;
- water.
In addition, the place where the vase will stand is of no small importance, but first things first.
How to prepare flowers?
Most of us are in a hurry to immediately put a bouquet in a vase, thinking that in this way we will save roses from fading. There is some truth in this, but it should be borne in mind that the roses for the bouquet were cut a long time ago and for some time were already without water until they got into the house. Therefore, it is important to restore the water balance by “soldering off” the flowers.
To do this, they should be placed in a deep bucket or put in a bath of water for three hours, completely immersing the stems and leaves, but leaving the buds themselves on top.
At the same time, while the shoots are under water, you need to trim them at an angle and slightly split the tip of the stem, which will get rid of air congestion and improve the absorption of water by the roses. It is imperative to carry out the procedure under water, otherwise air will again enter the capillaries.
An oblique cut is necessary so that the stem does not bury its blunt end into the bottom of the vase, blocking the access of liquid.
When the roses are "drunk", take them out of the water and cut off all the lower leaves that may come into contact with the water directly in the vase.
Which vase should you use?
For a bouquet, you should choose a vase, the height of which will correspond to the height of the flowers, based on the fact that the stems must be immersed in water at least 2/3 of their length.
As for the material from which the vase is made, in practice it has been noticed that bouquets last longer in ceramic dishes. The water in them does not deteriorate so quickly, since the walls of the vase do not allow light to pass through.
How to prepare the water?
Depending on the season, the water for the bouquet should be taken warm - in winter, and cool - in summer. It may even be ordinary tap water, but there are several nuances:
- so that roses have the opportunity to receive food from it, add a little sugar to the water (no more than 20 g per liter of liquid);
- to disinfect and prevent the development of bacteria - put an aspirin tablet and pour in a little vinegar (1 tbsp. l.).
Every day, or at least every other day, the water must be changed, also updating the sections on the shoots.
In order for the bouquet to stand for a long time, and all the preparation was not in vain, it is necessary to put the vase out of the zone of action of drafts and direct rays of the sun. You should also avoid the neighborhood of flowers with fruits - the ethylene emitted by them contributes to the rapid fading of flowers.