What to Do When Fresh Flowers Wilt? A Few Easy Tips to Handle It

On holidays, birthdays, or certain special occasions, you often receive gifted fresh flowers, and then the headache begins: "These flowers will wilt soon, they only look good for a couple of days." Have you ever had this worry?

Actually, flowers wilt easily simply because you don't know how to care for them. With proper care, most flowers can stay fresh for more than a week, and even the short-lived ones can have their freshness extended. Today, I'll teach you several ways to keep flowers fresh, so you can enjoy their beauty for longer.

Method 1: Beer

Adding a little beer to the vase holding the fresh flowers greatly extends their freshness.

This is because beer contains ethanol, which disinfects and preserves the cut ends of the stems, and also contains sugar and other nutrients that provide nourishment to the stems and leaves.

Method 2: Carbonated Soda + Water

Take Sprite as an example: mix Sprite and water at a ratio of 1:4,

pour it into the vase, and finally arrange the beautiful fresh flowers in it!

Generally, flowers kept in plain water will gradually wilt within a week,

and the water also becomes cloudy, but with the Sprite-and-water method,

a week later the fresh flowers are still delicate and lovely!

The principle behind keeping flowers in Sprite:

The carbonic acid contained in Sprite can kill bacteria, and the high sugar syrup can serve as nourishment.

Method 3: Salt Water + Sugar

After fresh flowers are picked, their original sugar content cannot meet the needs of blooming. Therefore, adding a small amount of sugar to clean water can encourage buds to open and extend the freshness of the flowers.

The main function of adding salt to clean water: it prevents the growth of bacteria in the water, and to a certain extent, through the difference in concentration between the salt water and the flower cell sap, it maintains the flowers' water-absorbing capacity, thus keeping the flowers fresh. But the salt concentration must not be too high, generally not exceeding 5%, otherwise it will cause cell dehydration. White vinegar can also be used instead of salt water.

Method 4: Fresh Flower Preservative

Adding an appropriate amount of chemical agent to the flower-arranging solution, using the agent to inhibit the flower stems, can extend the freshness time.

Methods for making your own fresh flower preservative:

1. Take a small amount of dish soap, dissolve it in warm water to make a solution of 2%-4% concentration, and immerse the diagonally cut fresh flower stems about 5cm deep in the water; this can extend the life of the fresh flowers by more than 2-3 times.

2. Using a 1/3000 aspirin water solution to make a simple preservative can also extend the flowering period by 7 to 10 days.

Method 5

Using multiple methods together: if you want the fresh flowers to bloom longer, you can also use the above methods together for even better results~

Have you learned the above methods?

If you have even better ways to keep fresh flowers fresh

You are welcome to share them with everyone in the comments~

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