I've just bought a large bunch of flowers to celebrate my (late) wife's birthday, enough for two vases. But I forgot to divide the little sachet of jollop that they give you to feed the flowers and prolong their life. So one vase got all of it, the other, none.
OOI, what do they put in those little sachets?
Allegedly bleach, presumably fairly dilute. The Internet can probably be more helpful.
Maybe try uk.rec.gardening
plant food.....
One trick for home use is to use tepid water and to put some sugar in to extend the life of the flowers.
I usually try to find out by looking at the MSDS, but I couldn't find an informative one for Chrysal.
You might find this of use:
mostly sugar and citric acid
don't have cut flowers often but my DIY mix is
500ml water 15g sugar 10ml white vinegar or lemon juice or citric acid depending on what's on handMight add a few drops of bleach to stop the water going green if it won't be changed often but mostly don't bother
Er.... can't you just tip all the water from the vases into a big container, mix it up and divide it back into the vases again?
Nick
Soluble Aspirin is often a DIY additive.
Or half empty the vase that didn't get any.....
Ah, that's the sort of thing I was looking for. Thanks.
Oh certainly I could, but doing what I did leads me to the idea that it will be interesting so see what difference it will make, one vase versus the other. Will the one vase last a lot longer than the other, and if so, how much longer?
very true. I'm patently not a high-performance mixers
+1
Ah but. Is the bunch of flowers a monoculture? Or is it a mix? Some types of flower will last longer than others because it's in their nature.
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