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How To Check If Cut Flowers Are Fresh  by: Gerry Belvedere Fresh flowers should feel crisp or firm. Before you buy, run your hand under the flower heads from stem to petal tip. Proceed gently under the petals so as not to bruise them. If the flower vendor objects, give them a withering look and enquire in a loud voice, "Are these flowers fresh?" If the flowers feel soft, cool or damp, don't buy them. Keep testing the other bunches until you find a good one. Often there are only one or two bunches older than the others. Look and listen. Really fresh flowers will make a soft rustling sound as you stroke them. As flowers age: the foliage will start to yellow from the bottom upwards the stems will discolor from the bottom up as bacteria spreads from the cut seeds or pollen on the flower head will open and shed spores the petals will fade in colour, lose moisture, dehydrate and eventually collapse Remember: Change the water daily, recut the stems often and enjoy your flowers longer. About The Author © Gerry Belvedere Gerry Belvedere is a former artist who now runs her own online florist service at http://www.rosaflora-flowers.com. Rosaflora delivers flowers Australia wide and overseas and offers tips on getting the most out of your cut flowers. This article was posted on February 02, 2005   View More Videos from the "Recreation and Sports" category: How to Do the Knuckle Choke from Mount - No-Gi How to Make the Apte Style Pike Fishing Fly Part 1/2 Kicking a Soccer Ball with Power How to Practice Self Defense Against a Knife Attack   Read More Articles from the "Recreation and Sports" Category: What to Look For When Buying Athletic Shoes by Jeff Lakie Golf’s Mental Game Plan Thoughts by George Gabriel Connecting On The Road by Jeff Anderson Poker: Can you Execute? by Jared Devlin-Scherer Sucker Fishing - Learn the facts that can help you catch the trophies by Robert Benjamin An Argument In Favor of Correspondence Chess by John C. Knudsen Why Are Golf Rangefinders Overlooked? by Vincent Saponar Matches From the Mind: Wrestlemania Special by Massimo Martinini Brett Favre by Bob Johnson Finding The Best Swimsuit For You by Abdul Martin << Back to "Recreation And Sports" Index

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