5 popular ways to preserve fresh and beautiful roses

None celebration is complete without a beautiful flower bouquets that bring into the house a special holiday feeling. But for some reason - that some flowers can stand for a week, while others are already in a few hours after being placed in a vase begin to drop their petals. Armed with a few secrets of preserving roses, you can prolong their freshness and elegance.

1. Do not put in a vase at once

If you wrap the bouquet with a wet towel soaked in ice water, and clean for a few hours in a dark place, it will go to the benefit of color.

You can also use other similar advice florists.

Gently lower the stems and leaves under the water so that the flowers and buds come into contact with water. It is more convenient to do it in a large bucket. Such "desoldering" must be carried out for 3 hours.

This is necessary in order to adapt the flowers after a long dehydration.

2. choose a vase

The advantage of vascular side of clay and ceramic, which enable long time to keep water cool.

Preference should be given simple vases without any frills to emphasize the natural beauty of the natural roses.

An important in the selection of the optimum height of the vase is a stem. It should match their size and to be sufficiently stable. 1-5 flowers will look neater in a vase with a narrow neck.

For a bouquet of roses to be more capacity to choose roomier, so it was not crowded, and the water can be absorbed without difficulty.

3. conserving water

In any case it is impossible to draw water out of - the tap. It is full of impurities and bubbles, clogging the stems.

If boiled distilled water or not, running water can be used only in the form of spaced, after settling at the bottom of harmful substances.

In summer it must be slightly cool winter - room temperature.

To a liquid not breed bacteria and germs should prepare a special disinfecting solution is one of the following methods:

· Aspirin tablet or pinch of citric acid dissolved in a liter of water;

· 2 - 3 tbsp. vodka spoon bowl;

· A few drops of bleach or detergent;

· Nourishing cocktail of sugar and vinegar - 1 tbsp. spoon per liter of water;

· Borax or alum - a pair of crystals.

For the prevention of decay in a vase put any silver object or a small wood ember.

The water should be changed every 3 days, carefully launder vase with soda. Roses for a few hours was placed in the bath, washed leaves, update sections.

4. We are making the right cuts

Never use scissors. They deform the stem, pressing it and damaging the capillaries through which water flows into the stem.

The cut should be done under running water with a sharp knife or shears. So air can not block the water passage channels.

Cut surface should not be flat, since the bottom of utknetsya flower vases and restrict access of fluid and nutrients.

The tip of the stem is desirable to split crosswise, thereby increasing the suction surface. Superfluous branches, thorns and leaves are removed by 1/3 length to avoid causing further decay.

5. We are choosing the optimal location and provide daily care

Roses do not like a hot room, drafts and bright light. It is not recommended to put them in a vase with other flowers.

They love solitude. Undesirable proximity to the fruit, as Roses are sensitive to emissions of ethylene.

The heat activates the metabolism, so summer vase is desirable to add a handful of ice or clean daily flower composition in a cool place shaded.

It is useful to spray the filtered water from the sprinkler. The presence of any impurities in the water can cause a chemical burn from the petals.

If fresh roses begin to fade, it can indicate the presence of lesions on the stem or scratches, through which air is trapped.

It is necessary to examine the flowers and cut them above the damaged area. Before returning to the bowl is necessary to place the stem in shallow bowl with warm water.

Save a bunch of premature aging will boil stems. First immerse them into 2 cm into boiling water, removed after 3 minutes and cut darkened portion.

After that, put in cold water. Such a method proved removes trapped air and kills bacteria.

Compliance with these rules and tricks to help prolong the life of the roses and please the eye of their owners for the longest time.