Ceramic Vases For Fresh Flowers

naomi24 | 17:32 Thu 19th Jul 2018 | How it Works

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I always have fresh flowers at home, but why is it that those in a ceramic vase fade long before those in glass vases? Does anyone know?

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Eleena

This answer is the opposite of your problem, but may still be of use to you.

sanmac

OK, monitor the situation and report back:)

naomi24

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Thanks Eleena. That problem is the other way around. How odd!

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rowanwitch

A ceramic vase is more likely to have residual bacteria as the surface is rarely perfectly smooth, a glass one less so. I clean all my vases with a bottle brush and biological washing powder with fairly hot water then after rinsing I leave them to stand full to the brim with a strongish solution of household bleach for a couple of hours. Btw the bleach in the water thing is ok but tests have shown it increases the growth of a nasty bug called pseudomonas I stopped doing it because of that.

vulcan42

If the problem is, as some have suggested, leaching from the ceramic vase rather than light deficiency, perhaps you could continue to use the vase you like by inserting a glass container.

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