Just a month away for Christmas celebration and already its vibe felt everywhere around. Flowers are beautiful at this time of the year and as i am a flower person picked zebra's from the market. There are various ways to arrange flowers and place them around the house. It's absolute pleasure. While arranging these flowers in the container on the counter top of the kitchen it looked gorgeous against the darker shade of the kitchen. Clicked these shots when the morning was chill & cozy. Many like me,would love to have flowers around them and would want them to last long in the container. And what is the trick?
Sharing few tips here for the flowers to last long in the container.
Fresh sufficient water should be provided and change of water every 24 hours necessary specially in hot weather.
A spoonful of ammonia,sugar or salt added to the water helps the flowers to be fresh in the container.
Stem treatment is important to improve to take up water to the stem. Plants with woody stem like the roses or fibrous ones have difficulty in taking water through their stems. Last one inch of the plant's woody stem is cut or crushed before putting them inside the water. Instead of a flat cut criss cross cuts helps the flowers to be fresh for longer time.
Another way is...singeing stems. Using a lit candle or a slow burning match to singe the cut stem briefly will help to seal the stem and prevents the sap/nutrients to escape and pollute the water. By doing this still it will allow the water to be taken up to the stem.
Remove spoilt leaves on and off from the stems to give a fresher look.
