Grow roses this way and the blooming period lasts several days longer

After 520 comes 521! On these sweet and romantic days, you, dear reader, must have either received roses symbolizing love or sent them to someone you love! Roses are beautiful, but after the holiday they inevitably become a chicken rib - "useless to keep, a pity to throw away." So how can you make use of what you have on hand and keep the roses you received alive? Let's take a look at the "secret tips" the editor has carefully prepared for you below!

How delicate roses are, there is no need to say - you, dear reader, surely already know. If you bring them home and do not deal with them promptly, those gorgeous blooms will very likely wither quickly. Generally, the roses we get are already packaged at the flower shop, and the careful staff will also add a little clean water or nutrient solution inside the bouquet wrapping to keep the roses blooming.

However, this clean water and nutrient solution are not a long-term solution. If we want the roses to bloom longer, we need to do a bit of work ourselves. First, we can remove the packaging from the roses and cut off a small section of stem from the ends. After all, having been exposed to the air for too long, this part of the stem base has very likely already been infected by bacteria.

Insert the trimmed roses into a plastic bottle filled with clean water. If there are too many flowers, it is best to divide them among several bottles. You can choose to add a little nutrient solution specially made for Chinese roses (Rosa chinensis) to the bottle. Note that since the temperature is quite high right now, roses have somewhat higher requirements for water and nutrients, so it is best to change the water every two days.

Considering that roses themselves prefer a warm environment, the prepared rose bottles can be placed on a balcony to receive natural light, but be sure to avoid direct sun exposure; setting up some shade netting appropriately is a very good choice. If you use these methods properly, you can extend the blooming period of the roses by at least 5-9 days. The longer the flowers bloom, the longer your love will surely last too!

Rather than buying from a flower shop, it is better to grow them yourself; cultivating a rose with your own hands for your loved one may be even more "devastating." Go to a flower and bird market and choose a healthy rose seedling, create a warm growing environment for it, and you can place it on a ventilated balcony at home, making sure to provide shade.

If growing in soil, it is best not to water too frequently, otherwise root rot is very likely to occur. After the rose has grown for a period of time, you can prune it - on one hand to shape the overall form, and on the other hand to cut off excess diseased and damaged branches to ensure nutrient uptake. Finally, wait for the flowers to bloom and give them away!