Did you purchased or cut tulips with fully-opened petals?
Were the stems wrapped in a wet cloth or wet paper towels before you brought your tulips in?
Did you cut 1/4 inch from the base of the stems and removed extra leaves from them?
Did you chose a vase that covers at least half the height of the tulips?
Did you clean the vase before putting the tulips in?
Did you fill the vase with cold water before putting the tulips in?
Did you keep the vase filled with freshwater?
Did you style tulips with flowers in the Narcissus family like daffodils?
Tulips with fully-opened, vibrantly colored petals have a limited vase life. If you want them to last longer, choose tulips that are still tightly closed, with some green buds that aren't fully colored yet. The flowers will open over a few days, giving them more time. If you're cutting your tulips and you want them to last as long as possible in a vase, cut them before they're fully opened. Cut as close as possible to the ground.
When you bring the tulips home from the shop, keep them wrapped in paper towels or a washcloth soaked in freshwater. This will ensure that the tulips don't start prematurely drying out on the way home. Do this even if the distance from the flower shop to your house isn't very far. Any time out of water will cause the tulips to age faster.
Use a small pair of clippers and cut 1/4 inch from the base of the stems at an angle. This will help tulips to readily soak up water from the vase. If the stems have any leaves that would be submerged in water when you put them in the vase, remove them. The leaves could start rotting and cause the flowers to go limp before their time.
You should pick a vase that will rise to cover at least half the height of the tulips you've brought home. They'll be able to lean against the vase without bending over. If you use a shorter vase, the flowers will eventually bend forward. This is an effect some people like, but it may cause the flowers to die more quickly.
You should make sure that the vase doesn't have sediment leftover from the last bouquet. Use soap and warm water to wash it thoroughly, then dry it completely with a towel. This way your fresh tulips won't pick up bacteria that could cause them to start rotting more quickly.
Cold water will keep the stems fresh and crisp, while warm or hot water would cause them to become weak and soggy.
Tulips drink up a lot of water. You should make sure it never completely runs out, or the tulips will begin to wilt very quickly.
Daffodils and other flowers in the Narcissus family exude a substance that causes flowers to fade faster. Tulips work best in a vase all by themselves.
Cut tulips should be kept out of the sun. Place them in an area that doesn't get too hot and sunny. Otherwise, the tulips will wilt in the heat.
https://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-Fresh-Cut-Tulips
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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories.
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