How to preserve flowers longer in a flower shop
Today's sharing: How to preserve flowers longer in a flower shop and the techniques for preserving fresh flowers in a flower shop, let's learn about them together.
Qixi Festival is the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day, and in recent years, it has become a habit for both young and middle-aged people to buy flowers for their partners, especially on this day when the cowherd and the weaving girl meet, fresh flowers are indispensable in their love nests.
So the question arises, how should we handle the flowers once we receive them? What methods do flower shops often use to preserve fresh flowers?
Ordinarily, we can start with the variety of flowers, for example, forget-me-nots and baby's breath are easier to preserve than roses and quinces, but as it's Qixi Festival now, more people buy roses, so this article will mainly focus on how to keep roses fresh longer.
Extending the freshness of flowers mainly includes six steps: one, cut; two, remove leaves; three, add preservatives; four, control temperature; five, use water; six, sunlight, and I will explain each step to you. Even if not all six steps can be done, doing a few can still effectively extend the bloom time.
1: Cutting
Before inserting the flowers into a vase, trim the lower part of the stems first because when the flowers were picked, they were fresh and active, so they would self-seal the wounds caused by picking. We need to cut off this wound, preferably at a 45-degree angle, to make the cut surface larger for the flowers to absorb water.
How to preserve flowers longer in a flower shop
2: Removing leaves
To prevent excessive consumption of nutrients in the flowers, we need to remove the extra残 leaves before taking care of them, so that all the nutrients absorbed by the flowers can be supplied to the blooms, rather than being distributed to the leaves.
3: Adding preservatives
With the advancement of technology, some additives can slow down the decay of flowers, and they are also quite affordable. Flower shops usually have them for sale, so you can buy a pack when passing by without spending much money.
4: Controlling temperature
High temperatures can cause the moisture in flowers to evaporate too quickly, and since the stems have already separated from the mother plant, their absorption of water and nutrients will slow down, leading to an imbalance between water intake and expenditure, making the flowers prone to wilting. Therefore, it's best to place the flowers in a cooler indoor area to slow down the decay process.