MEN may build a house, but it is the women who decorate it into feeling like a home. Your home says a lot about you. Almost in every home you will find flowers neatly placed in a vase. But keeping these flowers for long may be a daunting task if we do not know how. Here are some crazy theory from the website www.ftd.com which have some science behind them.
Sprite: Don’t throw away those last drops of soda. Pour about 1/4 cup into the water in a vase full of cut flowers. The sugar in the soda will make the blossoms last longer. Sprite makes the water more acidic, which means it can travel up the stem of the flower more quickly. Also, the sugar serves as food for the flower.
Hair spray — Just as it preserves your hairstyle, a spritz of hair spray can help your cut flowers look fresh longer. Stand a foot away from the bouquet and give them a quick spray, just on the undersides of the leaves and petal.
Vodka — Vodka, or any alcohol, may have a preserving effect halting ethylene production which is the gas that makes flowers wilt.
Apple cider vinegar and sugar — Vinegar acts as an antibacterial agent while the sugar serves as flower food.
Refrigerator — Cold temperature slows ageing of the flower. Every night before hitting the hay, we put this vase of flowers in the fridge. They were typically in there for about eight hours. When we woke up, we took the flowers out and displayed them with the others on the dining room table
Aspirin — Aspirin may lower the pH of the water. It’s a tried-and-true way to keep roses and other cut flowers fresh longer: Put a crushed aspirin in the water before adding your flowers. Also, don’t forget to change the vase water every few day
Bleach — Freshly cut flowers will last longer if you add 1/4 teaspoon bleach per quart (1 liter) of vase water.
Coins: Your posies and other cut flowers will last longer if you add a copper penny and a cube of sugar to the vase water. The copper in pennies is thought to act like an acidifier, which prevents the growth of bacteria.
