Extend the Life Of Your Flowers By Steaming Them – Recreation
Extend the Life Of Your Flowers By Steaming Them
Gerry Belvedere
This method of extending cut flower life may sound a bit drastic but it is quite effective.
Have two clean buckets ready. Rinse them out with some bleach solution first.
Boil some water in a kettle and fill bucket No.1 with 2 inches of the boiled water.
Fill bucket No. 2 with 4 inches of cool water.
Cut a half inch or so from the stems of your flowers or foliage and put them in the hot water for 20 seconds, no longer.
Take them out and put them in the cool water.
You should add 2 teaspoons of household bleach and a pinch of citric acid to each bucket to inhibit any further bacterial growth.
The steaming induces a rush of natural sugars to the flower heads and gets the stems "drinking". Steaming is beneficial to flowers that may have been out of water for a length of time.
Enjoy your flowers!
About The Author
© Gerry Belvedere
Gerry Belvedere is a former artist who now runs her own online florist service at http://www.rosaflora-flowers.com. Rosaflora delivers flowers Australia wide and overseas and offers tips on getting the most out of your cut flowers.
Orchids Are One Of Natures Most Beautiful Flowers – Home
Orchids Are One Of Natures Most Beautiful Flowers
Mike Yeager
Orchids are beautiful flowers. The interesting thing about orchids is that they seem to draw people to them. There is hardly another plant or flower that has been able to capture the attention and desire of people the way orchids have. In the past orchids have been hunted and collected in almost every part of the world. Today there are millions of people who are absolutely devoted to the plant and its beautiful "faces."
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Flowers That Beautify Your Home and Garden – Home
Flowers That Beautify Your Home and Garden
Mike Yeager
To help gardeners choose flowers, various systems for rating hardiness have been developed. A plant is considered hardy in a region if it can grow and thrive there without requiring special protective measures such as insulating with straw mulch.
Sun or Shade: After hardiness, sunlight is your most important consideration. Choose flowers that are adapted to the light levels in your garden. Dont plant sun lovers under dense trees, and dont plant shade lovers where theyll be exposed to blazing mid-day sun. Plant descriptions give the light preferences for plants, so take these to heart. You may be able to grow a sun lover in partial shade, but you may get fewer flowers or weaker growth. Place it in a spot where it can really shine!
Each year literally hundreds of new annual flowers are presented to gardeners. Some are distinct improvements based on the region where the flower was cultivated and some are not.
Inside each cell in green plants are microscopic worlds that trap and convert some of the energy in light, mix it with water and carbon dioxide, and turn it into a simple sugar. It is this sugar that plants use to grow, flower, and set seed. The best light for plant growth is sunlight. But almost since the invention of electric lights, researchers and gardeners have tested various methods to study plants and grow them.
Artificial sunlight has the great advantage of being controllable. Whereas some days might be too sunny or cold or windy to provide the right light for delicate seedlings, the intensity and duration of artificial light can be fine-tuned. However, for the typical gardener and flower grower, mother nature provides all the sunshine, water and elements needed to grow beautiful flowers.
Enjoy yourself in your garden!
About The Author
Mike Yeager
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