How to cut long stem roses for a vase
Roses are flowers that combine love and beauty. Each color of roses has a corresponding flower language. For example, red roses represent passion and love, blue roses represent miracles and the impossible, and white roses represent innocence and purity. Every Valentine’s Day, roses become a best-selling item and are widely loved by everyone.
I believe many people like roses very much, but many people don’t know how to care for and handle roses. If they want to put roses in vases at home, they don’t know how to match them well.

How to prune roses and arrange them in a vase:
Remove protective flap
The outermost layer of a rose is the protective petal of the flower, which prevents the flower from being damaged during transportation. When handling the protective petals, remove them completely and do not tear the petals to avoid causing multiple petals to fall off.
Remove thorns
Roses are covered with thorns, and they can prick your hands if you are not careful. You can use scissors or a lancer to remove the thorns.

Remove leaves
Remove the leaves inserted into the water according to the length of the vase to prevent them from soaking in water. Generally, there are about three leaves on each rose.
Cut the roots
Prune the roots according to the height of the vase. When pruning, prune at a 45° angle to give a fresh cut to the root absorption port.

Select vase
Choose a vase based on the color and number of flowers. If there are many flowers, you can choose a wide diameter and add an appropriate amount of water. Generally, when purchasing roses, florists will provide nutrient powder. Adding nutrient powder at a ratio of 1:100 can extend the time of roses in the vase.
Change water
The water change time for flowers in vase is to change the water every 1-2 days. When changing the water, remove the damaged petals in time, clean the vase, rinse the flower stems, and prune the roots appropriately to enhance the water absorption of the roots.

Avoid sunlight and fruit
Roses like cool conditions, so keep them out of direct sunlight and high temperatures when arranging the vase. High temperatures will accelerate the evaporation of water, causing flowers to wither. In addition, the ethylene gas released by fruits will have a negative impact on flowers, so vases should not be placed together with fruits.
Soak the branches to remove leaves and keep the water level at 3/4
To ensure that the flowers can fully absorb water, soak the leaves below the petals in water when inserting the flower branches into the water. This helps prevent leaf rot and reduces the growth of bacteria in the water. At the same time, keep the water level at about 3/4 of the height of the vase to prevent the leaves below the mouth of the vase from rotting and causing odor.
Cut the bottom bevel every 1-2 days
As time goes by, the tissue at the bottom of the flower branches will gradually age, affecting the water absorption effect.
Therefore, it is recommended to perform diagonal pruning on the bottom of the flower branches every 1-2 days. This not only removes aging tissue, but also stimulates the growth of new water-absorbing tissue, helping to keep the flowers bright.

Add nutrient solution or bleach
Adding an appropriate amount of nutrient solution to the vase can provide extra nutrients to the flowers and enhance their vitality. Nutrient solutions usually contain various elements needed for plant growth, which help maintain the bright color of flowers. In addition, a small amount of bleach can also play an antibacterial and antiseptic role, but be careful that the concentration is not too high to avoid damage to the flowers.
Avoid placing them near electrical appliances or even refrigerators
When placing vases, avoid placing them next to electrical appliances, especially heaters, air conditioners and other equipment. The heat or cold drafts released by these appliances can adversely affect your flowers. Likewise, the refrigerator is not a suitable place to store vases, as cold temperatures may cause damage to the flowers.
Be careful not to mix them with fruits to extend the flowering period of roses.
The ethylene gas released by fruits can cause some damage to flowers, so they should not be mixed with fruits in vases.
Especially some fruits with strong odor, such as bananas, apples, etc., the ethylene gas they release will cause the flowers to wither faster. Therefore, when caring for roses at home, be careful to keep fruits away from the vase.
Through the comprehensive application of the above rose preservation techniques, you can effectively extend the shelf life of roses and keep the roses you buy brighter for longer. Of course, every flower has its own life cycle. Moderate maintenance can slow down the withering of flowers, but it cannot change the natural growth pattern of flowers.

Summary and Outlook
As a flower with a strong fragrance and beautiful appearance, roses are often used to express emotions and celebrate important occasions. To make this beauty last, the maintenance of roses is particularly important. Preservation techniques such as choosing fresh flowers, cutting branches at an angle, changing water frequently, adding sugar, avoiding sunlight and fruits can help us better preserve the beauty of flowers. In the future life, when we appreciate the beauty of roses, we will know better how to care for the beauty of this flower.
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