How to care for cut tulips

With the arrival of warm spring days, nature begins to awaken and delight us with bright colors. One of the first to bloom tulips... It is impossible to resist their colorful buds and pleasant aroma. Every woman wants these gorgeous spring flowers to decorate her home. And everyone is asking themselves the same question: how to keep this beauty longer, how to properly care for cut tulips?

Content:

• Preparing cut tulips
• How to choose a vase and prepare the water
• Supplements that extend the life of tulips

Preparing cut tulips

If you do not have your own garden area, and you are forced to buy tulips in the market or in flower shops, then their choice should be taken responsibly. Pay attention to the bud. He must be firm and mature. In no case buy green unripe tulips, they will not ripen when cut.

Choose the heaviest and largest buds. It is advisable that they are not tied with an elastic band. If the flower is covered with an elastic band, it means that it is already overripe and, as soon as you remove it, the bud will crumble.

If you are a happy owner of a summer cottage and cut tulips grown with your own hands, you must adhere to simple rules. First, try to cut flowers early in the morning, when the plants are still fresh and retain their natural firmness. It is especially important to fulfill this condition in hot weather. Tulips cut in the very sunshine will not last long in a bouquet, and you will not be able to save them.

If it's cool or cloudy outside, you can safely cut flowers at any time of the day. Secondly, you can cut only those tulips, the buds of which have already completely acquired their color and begin to bloom slightly.

Before you put already cut tulips in a vase of water, they must be prepared for this moment. Remove excess leaves from the bottom of the stem, leaving no more than two leaves per stem. A large number of leaves in the vase will quickly decay the water.

To prevent cut tulips from bending and losing their shape, experienced gardeners recommend wrapping each tulip in paper and letting them stand for a couple of hours. During this time, the stems will regain their elasticity.

How to choose a vase and prepare the water

With proper care, cut tulips can last 8-10 days in a vase. It is important to know that these primroses do not like warm water. The water for them should be well-separated and always cool.

Since tulips grow quickly in water (up to 5 cm per week), it is necessary to periodically cut the stem, thereby you will renew the cut. The water in the vase is changed every day.

In order to keep the flowers as long as possible, it is important to keep the water temperature in the vase at +4 degrees. The colder the water, the longer your tulips will last. It is quite difficult to do this in a warm room.

Gardeners advise using ice cubes for this purpose. They need to be placed between the leaves. The ice will slowly melt and drain into the vase, thereby providing coolness in the bouquet and maintaining the optimal water temperature in the vase.

To prevent deformation of the stem, turn your attention to tall vases. This vase will keep the tulips level. Needless to say, the vase must be clean.If you are not sure of its cleanliness, it is better to rinse it once more with running cold water.

So, you have filled the vase with clean cold water, but do not rush to immediately put your bouquet in it. Let the flowers settle.

Tulips don't like being close to some other flowers. They are not recommended to be put in the same vase with roses, daffodils, orchids, lilies of the valley and poppies.

If you are faced with the problem of wilting flowers, do not be upset. There is a great way to bring them back to life. To do this, wrap them in paper, update the sections and put them in water until the very buds for several hours. Cover them on top with damp paper or cloth.

Supplements that extend the life of tulips

Many flowers love sugar, but tulips excel at this. Tulips are a terrible sweet tooth. Therefore, do not be greedy, add sugar to the water, so your flowers will stand a little longer. It should also be borne in mind that flowers that have been cut in buds require more sugar than those that have already blossomed. In sweetened water, tulips will not bloom immediately, which means they will last longer.

To prevent the stems from rotting in water, you can add a piece of charcoal, an aspirin tablet or potassium permanganate crystals to a vase of flowers. You can also use a vinegar solution or a small dose of washing powder to protect against bacteria.

The use of sugar and an antiseptic will keep the water fresher for longer. The acidity of the water is also important when caring for cut tulips. To improve acidity, you can use a weak solution of ascorbic or citric acid.

In addition to these home remedies, there are special preparations on sale for the care of a bouquet of tulips, for example, "Buton", "Buton-2", "Chrysal", "Flora", etc. These powdered preparations are dissolved in a small amount of water and added to a vase. ...

Simple recommendations will help prolong the life of your bouquet, and with it spring will come to your house.