Real World Gardener How to Make Cut Flowers Last Longer in Talking Flowers

TALKING FLOWERS <p>How to Make Your Flowers Last Longer.</p> <p>I'm talking with Mercedes Sarmini <a href='http://www.floralgossip.com.au/'>www.floralgossip.com.au</a></p> <p class="separator"><a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lQRubYH3w7A/XsYeCAXvLmI/AAAAAAAAh6M/Ig4DTTkFGRMpUD148W64FbKC9PtGw5gjACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1-Birthday%2Bflowers.jpg'></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Basics: Mercedes' definition of cut flowers to help you with how to treat them. </p> <p>Mercedes, classifies them not by their sexual reproduction organs by into two categories, seed grown or grown from a bulb, corm, rhizome or tuber.</p> <ul><li>Male Cut flowers: grow from a bulb, corm, rhizome or tuber.</li> <li>Female cut flowers: grow from seed.</li> <li>Male cut flowers: stems are cut straight across.</li> <li>Female cut flowers: stems are cut on an angle.</li> </ul> How Much Water Do I Put into the Vase? <p>Mr Tulip: Mr Hyacinth: Orchids: shallow water only.</p> <p>Miss Sunflower: Miss Gerbera: shallow water only.</p> <p class="separator"><a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2lal48N5dAY/XsYeIdtqQfI/AAAAAAAAh6Q/OmbNz3lEGospFkOgpMiyZOcO65a_3vbBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1-1-DSC_0471.JPG'></a></p> <ul><li>Change the water daily-use only filtered water or water that has been standing for 4 hours.</li> </ul> <p>Flower food:change the water on the third day. </p> <p>Not all cut flowers like flower food-anything native, woody stem cut flowers.</p> <ul><li>Mist your flowers daily for orchids with only filtered water.</li> <li>Cut your flowers when early morning or evening when starch is at it's highest within the stem.</li> </ul> <p> </p>