What to do with vases
Keith Fronczak
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Comments (8)the smashing method works most of the time...i have used the boiling water method constantly, working well also.... the problem you have here is when you cut the flowering stems, the cells will respond by oozing a gummy substance to seal the cut - this is nature's protective mechanism - and this "sealant" will gum up the micro channel where water is absorbed and transfer from the stem to the flowerheads...thus the quick wilt... some plants dont do these sealing things effectively or their channels are large enough to deal with some blockage - ala Roses - but for hyrangeas, you have a good oozer and a narror channel player...not good... smashing will completely destroy the macro structures of the stem - so narrow channels become big ones...sorta like blowing up all the dams along a river channel...all of a sudden, you get a very wide river channel... the boiling water method (this method basically kill all the cells around the cut, so they dont have time to ooze the sealant and the sealant will get dissolve away in hot water as well) - get some boiling water, still at boiling stage, take them off the stove, put it in a glass bowl...have the water ready - boiling on the stove when you are ready for the bloom cuts...make you cut, quickly get back to the house, put the stem end of the cut (about 1 inch or so) into the boiling water, let that cook for about 1 minute (DO NOT put the blooms in the boiling water), then take out the stem and stick it in a vase like you would do with any cut flowers...this way, your blooms will really last, I have a cut blooms last for 2 weeks in a vase...sometimes, after a week or so, the cut blooms will wilt, as soon as you see the wilt, repeat the same boiling water procedure with a fresh cut an inch, inch and half further up the stem..many times, the blooms will perk right back up...but you have to do it quick...once the blooms been wilted for more than a few hrs and start to turn brown, there isn't much you can do to revive them....See MoreDo Hosta flowers show well in a vase?
Comments (11)(Sort of related) I have to share a story from last year. I had a vase of flowers on my patio table where I was sitting, reading a magazine one morning. In the vase where several Sum and Substance flowers as well as some others. I looked up from my magazine to see, just a few feet in front of me, a hummingbird, taking her time getting some nectar from the Sum and Substance flowers. A real nice moment in the garden. Not only do the flowers look good and last several days in a vase, but they may attract some special company. Beverly...See Moremy cut peonies do not last for long in the vase..
Comments (6)Cut them in the early morning while it's still cool. Take a bucket of tepid water to plunge them into as soon as you cut them. Allow them to drink and hydrate for a couple hours and then recut and arrange them. Remove any foliage that would fall below the water line. Replenish/replace the water and recut the stems every day - they're big drinkers in a vase. Regular fridges are not a good idea as most of them are designed to remove moisture from the circulating air which causes damage to the petal edges. Better to not bother unless you have a regular floral fridge with a humidifier installed. Jim...See MoreDo people still use those marble vase fillers?
Comments (13)I see them in wedding reception photos.... I see "staging" as the real-life version of a magazine spread. When we looked at houses, there would be artfully arranged trays on a perfectly made bed complete with teapot, teacup and perfectly draped throw.... I don't know if I think differently than others, but not only does stuff like this not "sell" me a house, or impress me, or make me want that house to be mine, but it kind of annoys me because it's like we're being viewed by others as needing to see things a certain way...like we're stupid or something? Idk... Anyway---I don't have time or inclination to clean stuff like that. And I don't think it looks pretty. (Like greenfish, I have some sea glass collected over the years in a dish...it's good memories)......See MoreKeith Fronczak
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