They delight with prosperous, wonderfully fragrant flowers. Placed in a vase, they introduce a substitute for a summer garden to our house. After all, there is no better apartment decoration than cut plants. But what to do to decide our interiors as long as possible? You will need two products from the kitchen cabinet.
Let’s choose for cutting peonies, whose buds are not yet fully developed. Thanks to this, they will slowly flourish in a vase. However, we do not collect completely closed specimens, because their development will be inhibited.
The time of shear day also matters. Let’s do it early in the morningwhen the buds are not yet developed.
There is no question of breaking the peonies. Then we will crush their stems, which will start to rot faster. So we have to cut them with a sharp and clean pruning shears.
We also recommend removing the lower leaves immediately. They cannot develop bacteria and quickly spoil the water.
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Peonies are large and spreading flowers, so it’s best to choose for them fairly wide vase. In addition, their stems should be 10 cm in water. Many people like to put them in glass vessels, and the curiosity is that they will keep freshness in ceramic and opaque.
Place these cut flowers in a vase with a cool, protruding water. We do not use such straight from the tap. The water from the filter jug or simply boiled.
Peonies should be placed in the appropriate position so that they stand in a vase as long as possible. Let’s choose a cool, airy place without directly falling sunlight. We do not put fruit nearby because they secrete ethylene accelerating the wilting of plants.
In the care of peonies, pruning is of great importancethanks to which they take water better. Just cut the stems by 1 cm. We also remember to regularly remove dead parts of plants, e.g. withered and yellowed petals.
Besides Let’s replace the water in a vase every day and clean the dish. In this way, we will get rid of mucus and bacteria accelerating the wilting of specimens.
Many people recommend throwing 1 aspirin tablet into a vase with cut flowers to extend their service life. This method will also work in the case of peonies.
However, if we do not have the tablet mentioned, then then It is worth preparing a mixture with 1 teaspoon of vinegar and 1 teaspoon of sugar. Just pour it into a vase with pearls.
Why does it work? Well, vinegar inhibits the development of microorganisms, and sugar is a conditioner for specimens. Thanks to the mixture of these two ingredients, peonies will stand in a vase for up to 2 weeks.
