Revive Wilting Roses

With all of the possible diseases that a rose can pick up, you would think that anybody would be crazy to even plant them. They are such high maintenance flowers that it would seem to some to be far too much work just to have a bit of beauty in your garden.

There are a many things that can be done to help prevent diseases and pests from damaging your roses. It all seems like so much work for flowers that only have a life span of about 6-10 days. Of course a healthy bed of roses will constantly produce new buds so that you will rarely even notice as they come and go.

Roses look so beautiful in any room that they sit in. They add an elegance that is unsurpassed by any other flower. But there is the problem of wilting and drooping roses once they are placed in vases.

As beautiful as roses are, they do have a certain vulnerability that is common with every flower. They are prone to sag, droop and wilt after a few days exposure in a vase. To preserve that beauty for as long as possible , here how to make your flowers last longer.

  1. Before putting your roses in the vase, separate them, but keep them emerged in luke warm water as you do it.
  2. Make a fresh cut on the stem while it remains in the water because you don’t want to get air into the stem.
  3. Take each flower, one by one and roll it in newspaper, then close the paper with a rubber band to keep it from unrolling.
  4. Put each rose while still wrapped in the newspaper in a sink or tub filled with water and let them soak for several hours while still separate.
  5. Once they have soaked, unwrap them carefully, and place them in a vase of fresh warm water.
  6. If you want to preserve the health of your roses, put some 7up in the water to help prevent any bacteria that can clog up the stem.

More Tips:

  • You can always place a penny and an aspirin tablet in the vase water. Some say the combination keeps flowers fresh longer. The theory is that the copper acts a fungicide and the aspirin makes the water more acidic.
  • Add one part lemon-lime soda (not diet) to 3 parts water. Then to each quart of this solution, add 1/4 teaspoon bleach. Thereafter, add 1/4 teaspoon bleach after each 4 days of use.
  • To 1 quart water add 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon bleach.
  • Add 2 ounces Listerine mouthwash per gallon of water. Listerine contains sucrose (food) and a bactericide. Listerine is acidic and is said help water move up the cut stem.