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If you want your flowers to grow properly and live longer, you have to know how to treat them. Cut flowers are the most difficult type of flowers because they die out very quickly and you need to be well aware of the different ways in which you can change that. Here are some great and easy tips on how to properly cut flowers and take care of them.
The secret is in the treatment which involves the use of proper growing floral substance, watering and nutrition and in the correct performance of the cut of the stem. The best way to take care of a flower is to treat like an actual living being, a human or an animal. All are simple requirements, space, water and care and light.
Try to learn everything about the specific type of flower and you will see your knowledge will grow for it but also your understanding of the way it lives and develops.
The Best Time to Cut Flowers
In order to achieve the best results imaginable you have to gather the flowers early in the morning, before sunrise or after sunset, before the night falls. The general idea is that you must not expose the cut flower to too much sunlight or too much heat. Therefore you must also remember that it is important for you to pick the flowers in a cool day with a cool weather, not freezing but balanced and cool. Aim for a temperature somewhere less than 80 degrees of Farenheit.
The problem that is caused by higher temperatures and exposure to direct sunlight during the process of cutting consists in the fact that the metabolism of the flower will be quickened and the flower’s energy will be greatly deducted, this experience is something similar to a human stroke . Take care of your flower and it will repay you with its beauty. In addition, if you cut the flower when the sun is shining and the air all around it is hot, its water naturally gets more easily evaporated and by the time you put the flower in the vase with the new water, the flower will most likely have been damaged to a great degree.
The crucial period for cut flowers is between the moment they are cut and the moment when they are placed in the vase with fresh water supplies. No sudden evaporation of water will take place in the evening or the early morning when the air is the coldest and the sun is nowhere to be seen. However, you must not cut flowers that are wet in any way because once cut they are very vulnerable to diseases. If the flower has any sort of liquid on it when it is cut off, the moisture upon it may develop some sort of bacteria and then the flower may wane even faster than if it was cut off during a sunny hot day.
Useful Tools
The tools that can prove to be very helpful in the cutting flower process are scissors, that enable you to make a nice, clean, straight cut, without any plant particles remaining on the end of the cut of the stem. Also, remember that everything must always be clean. Change the water and wash the flower itself every day.
{Daisy Hart is a writer and blogger with great flair for flowers and flower decoration projects. She is focused on writing the best possible way and is constantly searching for new sources of inspiration. Currently she contributes articles mainly on flower related thematic.}
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Written by Daisy Hart
The Design Inspirationalist 