How to Keep Sunflowers Alive DIY 10 Secrets to Keeping Grocery Store Flowers Fresh A Long Life Removing the lower portion of the stem can help increase water uptake and vase life if the flowers weren't placed in water immediately after cutting. Remove about 1 inch from the bottom of the st...
Keep flowers as cool as possible, but avoid putting them in your fridge if you can. Florists’ coolers range from 33° to 40°F, so your fridge likely won’t be cool enough, and any fruit or vegetable could emit ethylene gas, which shortens the life of cut flowers. Selecting a Vase ...
we're edging closer to only having 400,000 left. And at the same time period, the human population has quadrupled, and the land is being fragmented at such a pace that it's really hard to keep up with. Too often, these migrating eleph...
The first thing you need to know is that keeping flowers fresh before, during, and after delivery is nothing but a simple process. Some would even say that this is a complex process for florists and their businesses, as it consists of many steps in order to get what their customers expect...
Instead of sharing your delicious basil leaves with the insects, keep bugs off basil plants. Several different insects tend to infest basil plants, but an attentive gardener can keep the upper hand and prevent insects from desecrating a basil plant. Whet
Place Sunflowers in a Vase Once you get the sunflowers inside, keep them in the bucket of water in a cool place for several hours to help condition them. Then, place them in a clean vase. Dirty vases can have bacteria in them from previous bouquets, and this can shorten the life of ...
Get to Gardening! It may not be a flower for the frail, but for those with sense of flair and whimsy, celosia is just what the doctor ordered. As long as you provide the sunlight it needs and don’t keep it oversaturated, these flowers will provide long-lasting color and undeniable int...
“Leave No Trace” principles apply to the sunflower field. Keep in mind this is someone’s land, and the sunflowers are their livelihood. The owners will need to run a tractor through the field to harvest all the sunflowers when the time comes. Things that do not help their tractor run...
One way to appreciate virtually any moment of your life is to pretend that the whole thing is already over. Your life came and went a long time ago, but for some reason you’ve just been sent back to this […]
Late summer and early fall are great times to decide how to protect your plants and gather, purchase, or build whatever you need. Then when a frost is in the forecast, you’ll be ready to cover those plants and keep them alive and happy through the coming months. ...