What to add to the water so that roses last longer?

It's hard to name a person who would not be pleased with a bouquet of beautiful flowers, especially if it's roses. But along with this, every such lucky person immediately has a question: what to add to the water so that the roses stand longer? .And it's true, because it's a gift or just freshly cut flowers, always want them to stand as long as possible. This article will help you with this problem.

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Correctly choose flowers

A bouquet of roses is not the best gift to anyone? But how correctly to choose such charm, not to be mistaken in freshness? What kind of flowers to choose in the composition, so she longed for the eyes? It is on the right choice will depend on the fact how long the roses will stand and maintain their beautiful appearance.

The following tips will help you cope with this task:

1. Pay attention to the sheets that are near the buds. As far as they adhere to the bud, you can determine how long they will still be in all their glory. Tightly adhering sheets mean that such a flower is still very fresh and with proper care it will stay very long in the water. Completely bloomed is a sign that the flower will soon fade, even with the most perfect care. But, of course, and these roses are cheaper. What to buy - it's up to you.
2. The best time to buy is the morning. The secret is that roses cut in the morning are saturated with moisture more than "evening" and, accordingly - they will have a fresh look longer.
3. Do not ask the seller to "cultivate" the stems of the plant, if in the near future you can do it yourself - so you keep their fresh look for longer.

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Caring for freshly cut roses

If you received a bouquet as a gift, do not despair at once, because even such flowers can stand in the vase for a long time with proper care. Save the bouquet and make the roses stand longer, you can, using the following recommendations:

1. Roses that were presented to you in the cold months of the year, it is best not to immediately put them into the water. Transfer them to a horizontal surface and leave there for half an hour. Only after this, proceed to their further processing.
2. Leaves and spikes, which will be under the water in the vase, will need to be removed. Rotting products that will fall into the water, if this procedure is not performed, will provoke a deterioration in the state of water and the bouquet as a whole.
3. Before you put a gift in the water, trim its stalk at an angle with a sharp knife or garden scissors 2-3 cm above what you have now. You need to do this under the water, so that the capillaries, through which the substances enter the flower, are not clogged with air. If you do not do this, you doom the flowers to destruction, since water will not flow into the uncut stem. Florists also recommend making a cross-cut on the tip. This will allow the water to flow in the right amount.
4. The water in the vase should reach flowers no lower than the middle of the stem. The place where it is best to put a bouquet, we select so that there are no drafts and direct sun rays. The room should be cool and shaded.
5. The water temperature in the vase should be just below room temperature in summer and slightly higher in winter. It is also better that the water is infused or boiled - this will remove excess oxygen from it.
6. In order for roses to stand for a long time, biologically active products must be added to the water. What kind of substances to use - is determined by what properties you want to give water to the vase.

In addition to the preparatory procedures, the bouquet still needs daily proper care and it should be done as follows:

1. Buds and leaflets should be sprayed daily with a spray of water from the spray gun.
2. At night it is desirable to put a bouquet in a bathroom with cool water in order to restore freshness.
3. Every day you need to change the water and add fresh additives accordingly. It is also advisable to wash the vase itself well from the incrustation.
4. A very effective way to make roses last longer - to update the cut on the stem daily.

Important! Roses are very whimsical and do not tolerate neighborhood with other flowers. Therefore it is very desirable to place such neighbors no closer than a few meters from the bouquet.

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The most effective additives in water

In order for roses to stand for a long time, usually add various additives to the water. This procedure has already become a tradition and has been used for several centuries in a row. Flower shops are now full of all sorts of drugs designed specifically for these purposes. But many growers still advise using long-proven old-fashioned methods.

Among them the most effective are:

1. Charcoal in powder form is a good tool. The same properties are found in ammonia. Just a few drops of the product in the water and after a couple of minutes you can already put flowers there.
2. Many plants like sugar - roses are no exception. Dilute the water as follows: 2 teaspoons of sugar per liter of water.
3. To accelerate the opening of buds, camphor alcohol will help you - the ratio should be as follows: per liter of water half a teaspoon of alcohol.
4. Aspirin is used to preserve the color of the buds. One tablet, added to water, performs perfectly its role.
5. If a bouquet of flowers given to you is brought from another country, then most likely it is already accustomed to household chemicals. Otherwise, the plant would not have lived that long. In this situation, a couple of drops of bleach must be added to the water.

In addition to these most popular proven tools, there are many others, including: potassium permanganate, vodka, borax, alum, sugar solution with acetic acid.

Important! Do not mix such substances in the water, roses will not only not stand for long, but also fade faster in this case.

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Resuscitation of roses

There are times when you notice that the bouquet is already tied, although it could stand still a little. In this situation, it can and should be reanimated. This is done like this:

1. Update the slices on the stem, somewhere 1-2 cm from the edge.
2. Type in the bathroom cool water and dip the bouquet there for twelve hours, under the water should be the stems and leaves, but the buds just touching.
3. Also after you have updated the cut, you can put roses in a vase of hot water. As the liquid cools, the bouquet will become fresh.

Now that you know all the subtleties of how to make roses long standing, you can long enjoy the beauty of this queen of the flower world.