After recently coming out of hospital, I received several lots of cut
flowers. Some of them had little packets of white powder to soak into
the water before arranging the flowers and some did not. Can anyone
please tell me what the white powder consists of? Is it bicarbonate of
soda, or what?

Many TIA
--
June Hughes

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
After recently coming out of hospital, I received several lots of
cut
flowers. Some of them had little packets of white powder to soak
into
the water before arranging the flowers and some did not. Can anyone
please tell me what the white powder consists of? Is it bicarbonate
of
soda, or what?

Many TIA
--
June Hughes

It's most likely just to keep the water 'sweet'

There's a lot more info at : http://thefrugallife.com/flower.html

Jenny

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writes

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
After recently coming out of hospital, I received several lots of
cut
flowers. Some of them had little packets of white powder to soak
into
the water before arranging the flowers and some did not. Can anyone
please tell me what the white powder consists of? Is it bicarbonate
of
soda, or what?

Many TIA
--
June Hughes

It's most likely just to keep the water 'sweet'

There's a lot more info at : http://thefrugallife.com/flower.html

Just what I needed - Thanks. Aspirin it is, then
--
June Hughes

This is a flower feed with an additive to stop fungal growth in the water.
You can add a very little sugar and a spot of bleach to do the same, I use
about 1 Teaspoon (Level, have yet to learn how to do a heaped spoon of
liquid) of bleach to 4 Gallons of water,
This is especially good for flowers like dahlias and Chrysanths where there
is a lot of leaf and soft stem material. I put them into this straight from
cutting and let them stand overnight.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

In article , David Hill
writes
This is a flower feed with an additive to stop fungal growth in the water.
You can add a very little sugar and a spot of bleach to do the same, I use
about 1 Teaspoon (Level, have yet to learn how to do a heaped spoon of
liquid) of bleach to 4 Gallons of water,
This is especially good for flowers like dahlias and Chrysanths where there
is a lot of leaf and soft stem material. I put them into this straight from
cutting and let them stand overnight.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

I didn't think it would be so simple, David. Thanks.
--
June Hughes