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Re: Cut roses wilting quickly...

In a message dated 5/28/98 11:28:58 AM Central Daylight Time,
Duncan.McAlpine@PSS.Boeing.com writes:

<< 
 This might of been said...but when I cut my roses outside, I recut them
 inside the house under water.  This will remove the air bubble in the
 plant to open a new draw for water.  Place your cut plants underwater
 and cut the stem again underwater and see what happens. Of course you
 don't need to place the whole plant underwater, just the stem which is
 going to be cut.  After you have cut the stem, quickly remove the cut
 items and place them in a vase with water.
  >>

Duncan,

I cut mine under water as well.  I remember watching a show on Home & Garden
TV ( a cable channel )  and the flower growers said that they carried a bucket
of water with them when they cut them and put them directly into the water (of
course cutting them on the diagonal) then when they got inside to arrange
them... they got the vase ready first.  (Filling it with very warm water and a
few drops of bleach and sometimes a little sugar) Then they re-cut the flowers
under very warm (almost hot) running water on the diagonal again and put them
directly into the vase.  They said to do that every two or three days and
always put fresh very warm water in the vase and re-cutting the ends under the
water just like when they were freshly cut.  They said that flowers are like
people and their "pores" close quickly when they hit air ( which is why you
cut them under water ) and that for some reason the warm water makes them
dilate even more ( so they absorb more water faster).   I only wish that I had
seen the program before Valentine's Day.... my roses would have lasted much
longer.  I did try it the next time I got roses, though.  It perked them right
up.  They were wilty and I was so disappointed that they hadn't lasted very
long.  That is when I remembered seeing the show.  I tried it and they came
right back.  They looked like they had just been cut from the garden!   I was
so happy!   I have been doing it ever since.  If you keep the water clean and
keep doing everything just like they are freshly cut they last A LOT longer.

Greg, 

I hope that some of these tips will take care of your problem.  We all learn
from each other.  I love having a computer and being online!  Before now, I
really didn't have anyone to ask for tips.  (I was also really happy when we
started getting Home & Garden TV !)

Sandy in east Texas
Zone 8
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