The Reason Why The Flowers at Our Home Wilted So Fast
Do any of you like flowers? I love them! It feels so good to receive fresh flowers as a gift, right? It’s nice when you receive them, and when you bring them home, their scent fills the air, which is excellent for changing the atmosphere of your home.
But how have you been preserving your fresh flowers? We all have had the experience of wanting to keep the flowers we received for a long time but feeling disappointed when they wilted quickly. Why do the flowers that come to our house wilt so quickly?
So, Homemaking Bro has prepared this for you! Here are some tips on preserving fresh flowers for a long time. I’m sure you’re curious. Let’s save these valuable tips and keep the fragrant fresh flowers at home as long as possible. Let’s go and find out.
Cutting the Stems at an Angle
If you want to enjoy fresh flowers for a long time, the first thing you need to do is trim the stems! The stems are the parts that directly touch the water, so it’s essential to care for them properly.
It’s good to make the area of the stem that touches the water as wide as possible. If you cut the stem at an angle like in the picture, you can increase the area of the stem that touches the water. About 0.4 inches (1 cm) should be enough!
Adding Ice
Did you know that plants also feel the heat? When you think about it, it’s cute, right? Winter is fine because it’s cold, but in the hot summer, plants also feel the heat. Therefore, to keep fresh flowers for a long time in the summer, it’s good to float some ice in the water!
Doing this cools down the heat a bit. If you put ice in, it prevents the water from getting lukewarm quickly on a hot day. On a hot summer day, not only people need cool water to drink. With ice water, you can keep your beautiful flowers for a little longer.
Keep Away from Fruit
Have you ever put fruit next to a bouquet? This can be a bit dangerous for the flowers. Fruit produces a gas in the form of ethylene. This ethylene gas promotes the maturation and aging of plant food, which is not good for fresh flowers.
Significantly, the components released by tropical fruits like mangoes and bananas when they ripen are tremendous. It’s no secret. Keep fruit away from fresh flowers to prevent the flowers from aging as much as possible! If you do this, you’ll be successful in keeping your beautiful flowers for a longer time.
Adding Beer to Water
Beer in the water? No, you’re not seeing things. Beer contains carbonic acid, citric acid, and acidic components. Therefore, if you add beer to the water, these components can prevent the proliferation of bacteria! Not only that, but it also increases the water absorption capacity of the plant.
Prepare some beer and pour it into the water! If you don’t want to waste beer, you can use leftover beer from home, which would be great, right? The scent of beer might be a bit strong but for the sake of our precious flowers. I’m a Homemaking Bro who doesn’t mind using beer.
Removing Leaves
If you’ve been keeping all parts of the fresh flowers, including unnecessary leaves, because they’re all precious, pay attention! You need to trim the leaves and stems of the flowers properly to preserve them for a long time!
Especially if unnecessary leaves are submerged in water, the water in the vase can become contaminated quickly. Bacteria in the contaminated water can shorten the life of the flowers, so be careful. Therefore, to keep fresh flowers at home, remember to remove all unnecessary leaves.
Adding Carbonated Water
Carbonated water can be used to preserve fresh flowers for a long time. Please mix carbonated water and tap water in a 3:7 ratio! The acidic components of carbonation prevent bacterial growth. If you don’t have carbonated water, soda is also okay. This way, you can keep your fresh flowers fresh.
So, today, we’ve learned how to preserve fresh flowers for a long time with Homemaking Bro. These are some handy tips for keeping fresh flowers!
In the future, try to keep your beautiful and cool flowers at home for a long time using these methods.
By. Jang Goo Reum
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