A question for any green thumbs out there:

[FitzChivalry]

Is there anything to add to water in a vase to make cut flowers last longer?

 

[UberBeaver]

Rose food? They give it out at florists when you buy roses. And supposedly warm water is better.

 

[BVS]

Viagra.

Oh wait, this wasn't a euphemism?

My bad.

 

[UberBeaver]

Viagra.

Oh wait, this wasn't a euphemism?

My bad.

Was the shape of your post meant to support your statement?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Sugar is supposed to do something, like a couple of tablespoons or so...

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Was the shape of your post meant to support your statement?

he's giving you the finger

 

[Liesje]

My mom told me to use sugar and luke warm water.

 

[Tiger Edge]

I've heard Sprite makes roses last longer. Could just be the sugar that everyone else has mentioned.

 

[Sicy]

I've heard to put a penny in the bottom.

 

[UberBeaver]

I've heard to put a penny in the bottom.

That sounds like one of NSWindler's schemes.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

fluff

 

[Angela Harlem]

If the flowers are long stemmed, cut the stems on a harsh angle at the base to increase the amount of water that can feed up the stem. I tend to do this with all flowers though.
Sugar will work, too. Dissolve it if you can first. Some flowers prefer different things, so it depends on what you have. Also, change the water at every day or two.

 

[Galeongirl]

Yeah, cutting them is a good idea. Also, sugar or flower food stuff you can just buy. The important thing is the minerals in the water, that provides food for the plants.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

so far the only thing i've tried that seems to work is the angle like anna said. last time i got flowers back in june, they lasted nearly two months.

 

[FitzChivalry]

Thank you everyone.

I want to bring home a flower from my Grandpa's funeral service this Thursday, and I would like it to last as long as possible.

Thanks for all the helpful tips.

 

[hardyharhar]

Cut a half inch or so from the bottom of the stem every couple days.

 

[Angela Harlem]

Thank you everyone.

I want to bring home a flower from my Grandpa's funeral service this Thursday, and I would like it to last as long as possible.

Thanks for all the helpful tips.

Perhaps it would be suitable for drying out? Google for tips on long term preservation as well. Condolences, Fitz.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Perhaps it would be suitable for drying out? Google for tips on long term preservation as well. Condolences, Fitz.

yeah, that's what i was thinking. my condolences as well, fitz.

 

[Galeongirl]

My condoleances.

I thought of the trick I knew this morning.

I realise this may sound really stupid to some of you, but trust me on this one. I'm a chemistry student, I know what I'm talking about here.

If you REALLY want to keep flowers a bit longer, with the possibility of them being longer and faster in bloom, all you have to do is put some viagra in their water.

One blue pill and they'll stand for ages.

It's very simple actually, plants love nitrogen dioxide, viagra provides it(it makes our veins widen, which allows more blood flowing and thus filling up the erectile tissue in the male). It sort of works similar with plants. Even female ones.

 

[FitzChivalry]

Well, thanks Galeon. I love that you think I may just have Viagra lying around the house, handy and ready to throw in a vase. I'm sure it works, but I have never even laid eyes on a Viagra pill. (Until your post, I didn't even know they are colored blue.)

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I may try to have the flower framed with his memorial prayer card from the chapel service. We'll see.

 

[Mr. BAW]

*got your package moments ago,,,want those going to your addy?

 

[Galeongirl]

I didn't mean to insinuate that. but you can just buy them at the chemists these days y'know.