5 Things we should not do while growing flowers

Taking care of your plants and flowers and tending them in a way that they blossom to their fullest is not always an easy job. There is so much information and so much to remember that there is always some confusion at the end. Though there are a lot of different things to be taken care of in order to take special care of your plants, but still there are a few common things that you can keep in mind to help them survive without going too much into the details. Here is what you should not do with your plants and flowers in order to have a less stressful experience:

1. Do not put your flowers close to ripening fruits: Ripening fruits and drying flowers emit small amounts of ethylene gas which leads to aging of flowers before time. So, keep your flowers away from both. Tend the drying flowers regularly and keep your flowers away from ripened fruits.

2. Do not put the flowers in very warm areas: Always make sure that your flowers are kept away from direct heat or bright sunlight. Too much heat leads to high growth of bacteria, hence destroying the flowers.

3. Do not put aspirin or lemonade or bleach in water that is used for keeping your flowers. These do more harm than good to your flowers as they are not capable of feeding your flowers properly.

4. Do not mix narcissi or daffodils with other flowers. Though these look beautiful but when the stem of these flowers is cut, they emit latex, which is harmful for other flowers and shortens their lifespan. There are many other ways of mixing daffodils with other flowers that are safe but that needs precision and a little expertise.

5. Do not smash or pierce the stem of the flowers, or use blunt scissors on the stems. This leads to destroyed water vessels and thus the flowers can’t take water, and also this leads to the growth of bacteria around the stems of the flowers. This destroys the flowers well before time.