One of the tricks to keeping flowers fresh is buying them as fresh as possible, clean water/vessel and trimming the stems.
- Just like visiting the farmers market to get the freshest produce available, treat flowers in the same way and try and reduce the storage/handling time they have endured before eventually hitting a vase near you!
- Clean your vases regularly or before use, you can use bleach to kill bacteria but bicarb, Enjo cloth etc.. would be more environmentally friendly.
- Trimming the stems on an angle gives them a bigger chance of water intake and using a florists knife is ultimately better than scissors (large pocket/paring knife might do the trick). Scissors pinch the stems which reduces water intake - but use what you have!
- A teaspoon of sugar not only helps the medicine go down, but it can help prolong flower life too!
1 comments:
thanks for the tips. makes me want to go and get a bunch of flowers now :)
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