Grandma always cut her flowers under water, I didn't k ow why but knew she knew so I did what she did. She also would but a pinch of baking powder in her water for roses to make them last longer
It's because if you cut in air, there's a chance that air gets trapped in the stem and blocks the flow of water. Also, use a sharp knife for cutting as scissors tend to bruise and damage more delicate flowers. Exacto knives work.
The baking soda helps with pH. Overtime, the water (H2O) reacts with air (CO2 + O2) and forms Carbonic Acid (H2CO3). The baking soda counteracts the Acid, neutralizing the water overtime.
All flowers cut under water. I did deliveries for a florist, part of our job was removing last weeks arrangement and bringing the vases back. I ended up with a huge amount of flowers huge. The florist told me take them home fill the bathtub push him down in the water when they come back up your cross cut the stem underwater. The fresh cut allows extreme refreshments. Every four or five hours come in push them underwater turn them all over let them soak overnight. In the morning you will be amazed because they look fresh cut. I had like 22 vases full of flowers all the time. It’s amazing and beautiful
My Mum would peel crack open the lower 4 inches or so and plunge the steams into hot water and then transfer to a vase with cool water. Her blooms would last for months
I used to work at a florist and they always told me to soak the heads / the blooms of hydrangeas because that's where it actually consumes most of its water 💙💙 If you're hydrangeas are looking sad try it sometime you might be able to bring them back 💙💙
Hydrangeas are the only flower that can absorb water from their petals and when u cut them they make a sap that can stop the stem from absorbing the water from the stem
My girlfriend is a florist and always gets on my case about using scissors for cutting flower stems because it apparently squishes the cell structure of the stem, making it hard for it to get the water it needs. She suggests using a sharp knife instead
It's the only thing we really argue about. I love my gf. I'm just lazy and forget sometimes which knife I am meant to use. I do notice that the flowers last longer when cut with a knife, but, it might be confirmation bias.
If your hydrangea heads start wilting from heat or aren’t getting enough water you can submerge the bloom in water for a period of time and it will rehydrate
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Thank you for this idea. We always put fresh flowers beside my Dad's photo (who's in heaven) every week. This will hopefully make the flowers last longer till weekend comes.
Oh my goodness I'm so happy to have found thus video. Thank you so much. I was wondering why some hydrangeas wilt faster than the others even though they're from the same batch.
Dip them in vinegar if they start to wilt. You can even dip them in vinegar right when you cut them off the bush just to make sure they stay nice! White cleaning vinegar works just fine
I put them in water that’s extremely chilled and when I change the water every 2/3 days I add a little bit of plant food to keep them going as well as give them a fresh cut
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Beautiful., I love my hydrangea plant and I would like my flowers to stay the beautiful blue/purplish colour they were when my late mother gave me for mother's day last year. I've tried putting coffee grounds on top of the soil, but it didn't do anything. Any suggestions please?
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I love bunches of dried hydrangea hanging upside down in a recessed window. I once had a hallway with a very high ceiling, and hung them in a double row. This was in a 1911 brick downtown hotel turned into condos. The round top windows looked out at morning sun on the Berkshires. Most of the marble paneling in the lobby had been sold during hard times, but was replaced with The most exquite Venetian Marble to match, done by the immigrant Italian men who came to the area. The local church interiors were superb.
