Ive just discovered your channel and love it! Thank you for the details and info! Everything is beautiful! This year is my 2nd year growing my cut flowers and selling them at my little,roadside stand! I'm learning so much from you, thank you!
Wonderful tutorial, I've learned so much from your videos, I LOVED seeing the bouquet come together, I could watch those all day (in case you've thought about filming more of them)
Just came across your channel and I love this video. Such great information. I grow tons of flowers and I do bouquets for my friends, families and holidays. I’m considering selling them next year. The bouquet is beautiful.
Such great info! My only question is after taping the vase and placing everything exactly where they are supposed to be, how is the customer supposed to take the stems out to cut to preserve it’s lifespan without completely ruining the arrangement?
I have them loosen the tape and remove the whole bouquets out of the vase. Once you have enough flowers in the vase you can simply slide everything back in even if the tape is loose. It should still fit tightly.
Can you tell us what you charge for each size bouquet you sell? I checked your website, but since they are sold out I was not able to select the different sizes. I was also wondering if the different size bouquets are roughly the same number of stems but different stem lengths? There were so many stems in that little vase!
Out prices are as follow: Small - $30 Medium - $60 Large - $80 xl - $90 Our bouquets are very full. You do receive more stems in each size. You will have more premium flowers in the larger sizes. As a flower farmer and having unlimited inventory we are able to be flexible with stem count and make some really beautiful bouquets. We are making and delivering subscription this week so we had to cut off our ordering online. Next week is our final delivery week for summer flowers. We will begin removing beds and prepping for Fall planting.
This is my first year growing cut flowers and one thing I struggle with is knowing when or if I should cut the early blooms before it gets to the size that yours are in your videos. Like my gomphrena right now are about 8-10” with the flowers on them - should I be cutting them when they’re small like this, or let them get bigger first? I’m just worried they’ll go to seed if I don’t! But again… this is a newbie question. I have the same question with my zinnias which seem small for the flower heads, but tall about 1.5’-2’ right now…
I would let them get bigger. Once the head is mature enough it should pass the wiggle test. They will get taller. Did you get a chance to watch our gomphrena video? That LOVE the heat. The hotter the better.
Sorry! I accidentally hit send before I was finished. If your zinnias are short and blooming they definitely need to be pinched. Did you see the video that I posted last week about pinching zinnias? It’s always good to pinch to promote more side growth and more robust stems. I have a peaches and cream zinnia variety that is trying to bloom so short too.
Great information...very thorough. Thank you. I have a couple of questions: what is your vase source and how do you price the different size bouquets you offer? Thanks.
We purchase most of our vases from dollar tree. You can have the shipped in cases directly to the store. Our process for arrangements are $35, $60, $90 and $110. This includes delivery. We price based off of stem count and flower variety.
Dirty flowers are those that cause the water in the vase to become cloudy and dirty. Zinnias and celosia are two of the worse flower varieties for this. Sunflowers are another variety was well. You need to change their water frequently. The tablet mentioned in the video is a huge help to keep the water clean.
Does not changing the water effect their vase life? I mean more so than not changing the water of non dirty flowers? Do you have to change the water even when you are storing them before you make bouquets? I saw your video where you shook the stems of zinnias to get the ones that don’t flop in a day. I always cut the day beforehand to let the floppy ones flop and throw them out, but I was thinking about getting them a few days beforehand and keeping in the fridge before arranging...but if that means I would have to change the water every day, I’m not sure that’s worth the hassle. Thanks for the help!
Danielle Bradley we typically cut the day we are making a bouquet. If we do cut the day prior we empty the water and replace it with fresh water. We never put zinnias in a cooler. They love heat. As far as floppiness goes....If you cut one that isn’t ready to be harvested it will not continue to mature once cut. That is why we do the wiggle test to ensure that the head doesn’t break or droop. Otherwise we are wasting a flower that could potentially be sold. Not sure if that makes sense. I do recommend changing the water in the container every few days. The tape makes this a challenge but it can be done.
