How To Keep Flowers Fresh

When we receive flowers, we always want them to last as long as possible. There are many ideas out there about how to do this, but a lot of those do not work. Here are some tips that really work, and others that don't.

Then we hear from neighbors and friends or read in magazines that certain things can help to keep the flowers fresher for longer. Well, let's take a look at a few products and ingredients that are used to keep our precious bunch of flowers fresh. Let's look at the old fashioned adding an aspirin to the water. Well, it may look like it is working, but on the third day you will notice sad and drooping leaves. On the sixth day you will have lost half the petals. Adding mouth wash to the water, you will notice that on the fourth day most of the stems will point skywards. The flowers will start to bloom and on the seventh day your flowers will become a wild bunch, pointing in every direction, slowly drooping.

Adding a coin to the water might get your hopes up for a while. Copper is a natural antibacterial item. On day four flowers will open and droop a little and on day seven stems are pointing in every direction, but blooming is going according to clockwork. Your flowers will bloom beautifully, but they will wither quickly. If you have attempted adding bleach to the water or are thinking about it, don't do it. Bleach prevents mold and flowers need mold. They will die.

Other people try adding nothing to the water and just use plain fresh water. Using this method, by day four the stems should still stand upright. Their heads will remain healthy, but usually by the fifth day the blooms will begin to drop, even though there is still a little life left in them. Adding sugar to the water should have things looking really good by day four, although you may notice a limp stem or two. By day seven, the flowers should burst open, although you should notice that a few petals have curled up.

Some flower bouquets also come with packets of flower food. Using this method is one of the best ways to keep flowers as fresh as possible. By around day seven you may notice a droop, but this drooping can be quite dramatic, causing you to think it is the flower food's fault, but it's not.

Apart from the ideas above, other things that can effect the life of flowers are temperature and sunlight. Some methods work better than others, and you'll need to try which ones work best in your environment.

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