If you also succumb to your whims and pick up a bouquet of flowers for your fiancé, join the club. I found this brilliant bundle of orange and decided to set up a vase at home because you can never have enough plant troubles in the world to evade getting more plants. My tips for successful longevity for any flower bouquet is to immediately chop off the bottom section of the stems which was exposed to the previous bucket of water. This allows the flowers to delay any potential decay as a healthier section of the stem is now open for work.
As my vase has a thinner neck, I decided to also pluck away any additional leaves around the bottom half of the stems to allow them easy access into the vase. This also prevents the leaves from being exposed to the water and potentially rotting sooner.
I put a cup worth of clean filtered water along with a few pinches of flower fertilizer. This is optional, and I have had success without it too, but since it is available to me, I do want to take advantage of it. Alternatively, you can cut a small section of the stems every 3–5 days until the flower naturally exhausts itself.
Also note that a vase is essentially standing water, hence causing bad bacteria to build up and block the stems from water intake, so keep refreshing the water every alternate day or trim the stems to ensure a long life for your bouquet.
I guarantee some whims are worth all that trouble!
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