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- Maintaining tulips in the vase - A binder guide
- Cut in the morning
- Skillfully adjusted - How to do it professionally
- Vase better high and slim instead of short and bulbous
- Cleanliness is the top priority
- Cold water - the lifeblood of tulips
- Cut brown ends
- Fresh preservative in the flower water - yes or no?
- The right location
- Tips
Even tulips in the vase need to be cared for
Maintaining tulips in the vase - A binder guide
Freshly cut tulips conjure in the vase for up to 10 days spring mood in your home. In order for the classics to hold out over this long period of time, attentive care should not be missing. This guide highlights all aspects in detail. So a bunch of tulips stays fresh for a long time.
Cut in the morning
If the tulips for the vase come from your own garden, the choice of the right cutting time has a decisive influence on the durability. In addition, the quality of the cutting tool determines the well-being and woe of cut flowers. How to do it right:
Please do not use scissors to cut tulips. The use of a sharp knife ensures that the vital pathways are not crushed.
Skillfully adjusted - How to do it professionally
With the cut of the stem, the water supply of flowers and leaves is interrupted. Therefore, allow as little time as possible to set the tulips in the vase. This is especially true for flowers from the store. Please put the tulip bouquet as the last item on the shopping list in order to put it into the water in a timely manner. Regardless of the origin of the bed or shop, follow these steps:
A densely leafed flower stem is deflated except for one or two leaves that remain as jewelry. Excessive foliage costs the tulip unnecessarily much energy, which should be better invested in flowering.
Vase better high and slim instead of short and bulbous
One of the characteristics of tulips is that they continue to grow in the vase. Since at the same time the opening flower cups increase in weight, the flowers quickly hang their heads in a vessel that is too short. To counter this dilemma, choose a vase that is about two thirds of the tulip height. Here, the spring beauties can lean elegantly and keep a tight upright posture until the end.
Cleanliness is the top priority
One of the most common causes of a devastatingly short tulip life is the use of dirty vases. If there are still tiny residues in previous bouquets, this is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria and rot. Therefore clean the vase carefully with hot water before setting the tulips in it.
Cold water - the lifeblood of tulips
In the vase, the water requirement of tulips is much higher than in the bed. Therefore, daily fill up the consumption until two fingers below the edge of the vessel. Cold water, directly from the pipe, keeps the cut flowers fresh and vital. Lukewarm or even hot water softens the flower stems and weakens the tulips considerably.
Cut brown ends
Refill the water in the vase, this is an excellent opportunity to inspect the ends of the flower stems. After a few days, they gradually turn brown, indicating rot and affecting the water supply to the flower. Get the affected tulips out of the vase and trim the stems. This measure releases unused lines and strengthens the vitality.
Fresh preservative in the flower water - yes or no?
For the florist, the fresh-keeping agent is mostly free. Such preparations not only contain supplementary nutrients, but are optimized with antibacterial substances. Although all important nutrients for tulips are contained in the water, the other additions make a valuable contribution to the durability of the cut flowers. Thus, the purchase of flower food is worthwhile for your flowers from your own garden. Ideal is a nutrient solution in liquid form, which is simply added to the water according to the manufacturer's instructions.
The right location
If you follow this guide, you have set almost all the course for a many days long enjoyment of brightly colored tulips in the vase. Finally, please pay attention to the choice of the ideal location. Here Tulipa feel in good hands:
The flowers are completely happy when they can spend the nights in a cooler place with temperatures between 12 and 15 degrees Celsius.
Tips
All efforts for a long shelf life are wastepaper when tulips fall into the orbit of apples, peaches, plums or other ripening fruit. Please do not place the vase in the immediate vicinity of the fruit basket.The fruits contained therein emit the maturing gas ethylene, which drives the wilting in tulips.