It is impossible to remain indifferent to the bright, juicy beauty of the real symbols of the spring mood - tulips. These flowers bring to the house an atmosphere of joy and comfort. To prolong the feeling of celebration, you need to know how to keep tulips fresh in a home environment. For this, the flowers need proper care.
Tulips belong to the genus of herbaceous bulbous plants. These beautiful flowers come from the mountains of Iran and the Tien Shan mountains. Due to their geographical origin, they are adapted to a specific climate, and also tolerate moderate temperature extremes. Mountain, desert and steppe areas, where summers are hot and dry, and winters are cold - the usual conditions for a plant like a tulip. In order for these bought or cut flowers to stand for a long time, it is important to provide them with a cool temperature.
When is the best time to buy tulips?
These flowers will last longer if cut or purchased in the morning. At this time of the day, more moisture accumulates on their surface, and water consumption is much lower than during the day. This factor contributes to longer storage of flowers such as tulips. In order for flowers from the garden to stand in water for a long time, you should remember useful information. Flowers with soft stems are cut with a sharp knife, and with a dense one - using a pruner.
How long are tulips in a vase?
Experts say that under certain conditions, these bright flowers will delight from five to seven days. At the same time, caring for tulips is somewhat different from the content of roses or lilies. They are more fragile and sensitive to a sharp change in their environment.
How to avoid quick wilting?
First of all, when buying, you need to pay attention to the external condition of the buds. They should be closed or slightly open. It is desirable that they be a slightly greenish tint. If in the store this does not look very attractive, then at home, when the flowers open, they will delight longer with their beauty. How to choose tulips to stand in the water for a long time? When buying, you should give preference to yellow flowers. Despite the assertion that the variety of tulips does not matter, experts recommend choosing Strong Goldi. Among the red varieties, Armanit and Kung Fud are especially popular.
Bouquet storage
How to keep tulips fresh after purchase? Immediately after purchasing a bouquet, it is recommended to remove it from a plastic bag. Next, the flowers are wrapped in wet paper or newspaper and put for a while in a cool place. This is done in order to minimize stress and allow tulips to get used to new lighting. Next, a flower vase is filled with cold water, because tulips are very fond of coolness. It is undesirable to use tap water, since it contains harsh impurities, including harmful chlorine. They can negatively affect the condition of the bouquet. It is necessary to use soft water, previously purified by a filter. It will remove harmful substances and impurities. An ideal option would be rain or melt water, in which you can add an ice cube. It is advisable to put a vase of flowers in a cool, darkened place. You need to constantly monitor the water level in a vase with tulips, because these flowers are very hygrophilous and like to drink a lot.
There is a little trick how to save tulips. So that the cut flowers stand for a long time , they are transferred to a place with a minimum temperature at night. Under such conditions, the buds close and the bouquet will be kept fresh for a longer time.
How often to change water
How much are tulips in water? This factor depends not only on varietal characteristics, but also on the owner of a colorful bouquet. It should be remembered that the water in the vase changes every two days, as it has the property of souring. Old water is poured out, after which the vase should be thoroughly washed with powder or soap. A new incision is made on each stalk. At the same time, the old part should not be cut off diagonally, as, for example, in roses. It must be remembered that the stems are cut straight and without tilt in flowers such as tulips. In order for these plants to stand for a long time, a special powder for flowers can be poured into fresh water, which can be found in a store called Chrysal. A vase with a bouquet of tulips should not stand near fruit. This is explained by the fact that any bulb flower is sensitive to the substance secreted by the fruits - ethylene. Under the influence of this “catalyst” tulips quickly fade.
How much are tulips in water with other flowers? It is believed that their placement with daffodils in the same vase is not recommended. The latter have the property of secreting a mucous substance, which envelops other flowers and prevents their access to water. Therefore, tulips should be stored in a separate container, separate from other flowers.
How to prolong the life of a blooming bouquet?
It should be remembered that at the first signs of wilting petals, tulips should be sprayed with cool water. For greater effect, remove the stamens from the flowers and immerse the bouquet for a while in cold water. In the case when the buds began to wilt, and the stems became soft to the touch, each flower is wrapped in paper or newspaper. After that, the tulips must be placed in a vase completely filled with warm water.
What to do after flowering
Tulips tend not to fade, but to crumble. After the buds die off, you can dry the bulb and flower leaves, and at the end of summer plant them on the garden plot. The best month for these procedures is August. If you plant the bulb in a pot and store it in a cool, bright place, you can also achieve long flowering. At the same time, the soil in the pots must be constantly kept moist.
Thus, following the simple recommendations listed above, you can extend the life of such beautiful flowers as tulips. How long these creators of spring mood are standing, of course, depends on their owner. With proper care, they will delight you up to seven days.