What to add to a vase to make flowers last a long time: a lifesaver - a few pinches are enough

02.07.2024 05:20

Many women want to find a way to prolong the life of a bouquet.

After all, you want the flowers placed in a vase to delight you with their freshness and continue to decorate your interior for as long as possible.

Fortunately, achieving the desired result is very simple.

A product that you can probably find in your kitchen will help with this.

We are talking about the most common table salt.

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A simple way to extend the life of a bouquet

Just add a little salt to the water poured into the vase.

Two or three pinches of sodium chloride are quite sufficient.

Thanks to this simple remedy, the desired result will be achieved: the flowers will remain fresh for a very long time.

This effect is explained simply: thanks to the salt, the water is disinfected and the proliferation of dangerous microorganisms is prevented.

In order to prolong the life of a bouquet, you must also follow other rules: do not leave flowers in direct sunlight, use filtered or boiled water, and remove leaf blades at the bottom of the stem.

Earlier we told you how to remove scratches from wooden furniture.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief