Tulip Care Guide
Purchasing tulips, or any cut flower, instantly brightens the mood and home. We want you to enjoy those beauties for as long as possible! Follow these six steps to ensure you get the most life out of your tulips.
1. Cleanliness is Key
Bacteria can quickly wreck any flower arrangement. When bacteria is allowed to grow in the vase or stems of your flowers it clogs the stems, cutting off their water ways and eventually causing them to weather quicker than expected. Clean your vase daily or have an extra on hand to quickly swap out to avoid that slimy bacteria that can build up around a vase. A general rule about vases- if you wouldn’t want to drink from it, your flowers don’t want to live in it.
2. Fresh Water Daily
For the same reasons as above, change the water in your vase daily. Changing the water keeps bacteria at bay and cold water keeps blooms from maturing faster. Want your blooms to open a little faster, use warm water. We will try to sell buds as tight as possible, leaving you with as much vase life as possible. If your buds are too tight, try putting them in warm water and watch them open in just a few hours.
3. Avoid Direct Sunlight
Keeping your vase away from the window or other bight lights. I generally love to see flowers in a windowsill but try to limit direct sunlight by moving them to a darker area when I am away from home, prolonging their vase life.
4. Make Room in the Fridge
Cold water, limited light. Combine the benefits of steps two and three by placing your tulips in the fridge every evening or when you are away. Before tulips make it to the end customer they are often placed in a fridge at near freezing temperatures. They like the cold and you will like the extra day(s) of blooms.
5. Trim Stems Periodically
Trimming tulip stems every few days has several benefits. Tulips are full of energy and will continue to grow long after being removed from their bulb. Trimming the stems allows them to keep a tidy appearance in your bouquet and removes the area of the stem that can potentially be clogged with bacteria. Be sure and use clean, sharp scissors and cut at an angle to allow more surface area of the stem to soak up that water.
6. Remove some of the leaves
Tulip leaves that are hanging out in the water will deteriorate more quickly. Tulips are planted six to eight inches below the surface and because of this and the way their leaves are formed, they often get full of dirt, and eventually mud and yep, bacteria! Fill vases only enough to cover just a few inches of your lowest stem and remove any leaves that may be left sitting in water.
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