Clean water and the correct environmental temperature, that is what matters when it comes to cut flowers. Once bacteria emerge in the water, your flowers will go bad much faster.
- If you follow these suggestions, you are able to enjoy your flowers for much longer.
- Cut 3 to 5 centimetres off the stem with a sharp and clean knife. You can also use sharp secateurs for this purpose.
- Remove the excess foliage, so that no leaf is hanging in the water.
- Put the flowers in a sparkling clean vase with clean tap water.
- Glass vases are best, because they are easier to clean than other materials. In addition, you can easily see if there is still enough water in there. To really kill all bacteria, it is best to clean the vase with a bit of chlorine.
- Add, in the proper dosage, the supplied cut flower nutrition. In the cut flower nutrition there is a preservative allowing your peonies to last longer. This substance will keep the water free of bacteria. The flowers will open up more nicely and will go on for longer.
- If you do not have cut flower nutrition, then you can also add a drop of chlorine to the water to prevent deposits in the vase and to prevent dirty water.
- Fill the vase regularly: the peonies require a lot of water.
- Do not put the flowers in a draft, in full sun or near another heat source.
- Do not put your flowers near the fruit bowl. Fruit naturally emits ethylene gas. This hormone will ensure that flowers will age quicker.