If you like to enjoy the beauty of sunflowers, you will definitely need a handy trick to keep their flowers in the vase as long as possible in full glory.Various ways to extend the life of cut flowers, we have in the little finger. But we have to admit that we didn't know this trick, even though optimistic sunflowers are one of our favorite flowers. So what to do with them and how to take care of them to enjoy us at home for a number of days?
1 Cut the sunflower stem to the height of the vase. Pour the boiled water into the cup and immerse the end of the sunflower stem in it for 7-10 seconds. With hot water, the plant stretches the vascular bundles, and the plant receives more water.
2 Blackening the stem is a manifestation of burning, it does not hurt.We do not cut the sunflower again and put it directly in a vase. Again, cut the stem end only after two days and replace the water in a vase.We don't steam with hot water anymore.
3 We treat other flowers with woody stems (e.g. hydrangeas, lilac, etc.) in the same way.Plants with woody stem poorly receive water – we help them by tapping (threading) the end of the stem. In addition to hydrangeas and lilacs, you can use this procedure for golden-herb, Schniped, chrysanthemum, rhododendron, peony and all greenery with woody stems.