Caring for cut tulips
Fresh flowers look best in natural conditions: in flower beds, in flower beds and greenhouses. There they will live their allotted time, fragrant and pleasing to the eye with magnificent flowering. Cut plants are doomed to a quiet, sad, slow wilting. And if roses can stand in a vase for a long time, then the terms for cut tulips are too short, they do not hold on to their own bulb quite confidently.
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Marketable condition
Manufacturers and sellers of flowers are very concerned about the observance of the rules for storing goods, because for them the appearance of plants is money, first of all. And the flowers will have not only the cutting procedure, but also stressful transportation to the points of sale, the agonizing expectation of their buyer sometimes for more than one day. Since the money spent should pay off, it means that the flowers must hold out for some time in the consumer's vase, otherwise he will feel cheated by the buyer.
Experienced specialists carefully process flowers with all kinds of means in order to keep their decent presentation for a longer time. We bring to our house not only killed plants, but also appropriately preserved ones. But even in this form, they manage to give us their amazing beauty, positive energy and enchanting aroma.
Cut correctly
Fresh flowers are an important attribute in decorating a modern interior, because fresh flowers are a living energy in the house. But no matter how well the flowers are processed by the florist after cutting, sooner or later they will wither.
Some of the first spring flowers to appear in our vases are tulips... Caring for cut tulips starts right from the cut of the flowers.
It is very important to choose ripe buds that have already reached their color, and also preferably heavy buds.
Don't rush to unpack
Before placing tulips in a vase after transportation, they need to update the cuts, as well as remove all the lower leaves so that they do not rot in the water. It is advisable to transfer the flowers themselves in thick paper. It is necessary to put flowers in a vase in the same paper and wait until the tulips absorb enough water. When the stems are aligned, then the paper can be removed. You can add a little sugar to the water for tulips, then they will stand a little longer than in ordinary water.
Tulips continue to grow in water and can increase in growth by another 5 cm.When the buds began to open, it is not recommended to turn the vase in different directions, because the fastening of the buds is quite fragile and the petals may simply fall off.
Add cold water
Caring for cut tulips involves pouring water into the vase frequently, as tulips are very fond of water. The air temperature is cool, but not cold, and a shaded place will allow you to enjoy the bouquet a little longer than if you expose them to the sun. But don't expect a long enough tulip bloom in a vase. Just a few days and the buds fully open, and after a couple of days they crumble.
It does not hurt to add a few drops of potassium permanganate solution, a spoonful of vinegar, an aspirin tablet or activated charcoal to a vase of water - this is all done with the aim of destroying bacteria in the water and preventing the development of putrefactive microorganisms. Withered tulips are renewed, the plants are wrapped in paper and immersed in cold water with ice until the buds. For greater effect, you can wrap the container with a cloth or plastic wrap for several hours.
Dry storage
Long enough storage provides cut tulips with a dry keeping method at low temperatures. For this, moistened paper is used, which is wrapped separately in several pieces of tulips so that their buds do not touch as much as possible.
The bundles are stacked on the shelves of the refrigerator, in which the temperature should not exceed three degrees Celsius with a high humidity of about 97%. The refrigerator should not contain fresh vegetables and fruits, the proximity of which, due to the ethylene emitted by them, is detrimental to flowers.
It is necessary to transfer tulips from the refrigerator to the room in stages to give time for adaptation. Then, without removing the wrapping material, put the tulips in cold water to restore the turgor of the plants, otherwise the stems will bend and bend. Only flowers that have drunk enough water can be released from packaging.
Some more tips
Even an insignificant source of light will attract the attention of cut flowers, they will be drawn towards it, bending arbitrarily, and their crooked stems will look less aesthetically pleasing.
If the buds of purchased tulips are tied with elastic bands, it is most likely that the goods were sold expired - the flowers are overripe and will disintegrate without an aid.
When cutting tulips in your own dacha, you need to take care of the bulb remaining in the ground, which crushes and will be unsuitable for further development. The stems remaining after cutting must have at least a couple of leaves in order to maintain the vital activity of the bulb.
Tulips will stand longer, look really alive and become a stylish element of modern design, if you put not cut flowers in transparent vases with water, but tulips together with those taken out of the ground and well washed bulbs... This option is still more original and humane.