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- Calla flowers - this is how to properly cultivate the cut flower
- Calla - the tough cut flower
- Cut the calla correctly and cut it
- Clean vase before
- The right location for the vase
- Care of calla as a cut flower
- Tips & Tricks
Even as a cut flower needs the calla care
Calla flowers - this is how to properly cultivate the cut flower
Calla (Zantedeschia) is no longer just a mourning flower. By breeding colored varieties, the pretty flower also enjoys great popularity in wedding bouquets or as a noble flower gift. How to properly cultivate Calla as a cut flower.
Calla - the tough cut flower
With proper care Calla flowers hold up to three weeks in the vase. For the calla to last so long, you must pay attention to a few points:
Cut the calla correctly and cut it
If you want to cut Calla flowers from your houseplant, water abundantly the evening before. The flowers then draw enough water.
Cut the stems the next morning as far down as possible with a sharp knife. The bleed must be straight. Prevent the stem from rolling up by sticking a strip of Tesa Film over the interface around the stem.
Purchased calla or gift bouquets should always be unpacked immediately. Re-cut the stems before placing the flowers in the water.
Clean vase before
The vase must be thoroughly cleaned before filling with water. This will possibly remove existing putrefactive bacteria.
Rinse the vase well. Remains of cleaning agents shorten the life of the Calla.
The right location for the vase
If you want to have some of your bouquet for a long time, do not put it too warm or too dark. Near the heating or next to the computer, the location is very unfavorable due to the heat generated.
Make sure that the flowers are not in the draft.
Care of calla as a cut flower
Make sure that the water level in the vase does not sink too low. For some cut flowers, you will need to add a little water several times a day.
Every two days at the latest you exchange the flower water completely.
Add fresh flowers to the water each time to provide the flower with nutrients. Blumenfrisch also eliminates putrefactive bacteria.
Tips & Tricks
Avoid placing a vase of calla flowers next to fruit bowls. Ripe fruit gives off gases that promote the decline of Zantedeschia.