How to Keep Roses from wilting?

• rainee

  12 Feb 07, 13:27

  I know they will wilt after a while ...but anyone knows of any way to prevent it from wilting for as long as possible?
  
  And any idea how I can dry the flowers and also retain its color? Thanks for suggestions
• Darkness_hacker99

  12 Feb 07, 13:28

  cher, buy synthetic rose lor..
• FireIce

  12 Feb 07, 13:29

  Originally posted by rainee:

  I know they will wilt after a while ...but anyone knows of any way to prevent it from wilting for as long as possible?
  

  put in freezer
• rainee

  12 Feb 07, 13:30

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  cher, buy synthetic rose lor..

  u mean plastic one ah? not sincere enuff
  
  i did get a plastic rose once from a clueless guy...
• choco B

  12 Feb 07, 13:30

  To dry flower, take them when fresh and hang them upside-down and forget about them for awhile. Doubt you can retain color but will be nicely dried.
  Do not wait till they wilt before drying (although you will be tempted to) , cos by then they will be so weak the heads will drop off easily
  

  Originally posted by rainee:

  And any idea how I can dry the flowers and also retain its color? Thanks for suggestions

• Darkness_hacker99

  12 Feb 07, 13:30

  Originally posted by rainee:

  u mean plastic one ah? not sincere enuff
  
  i did get a plastic rose once from a clueless guy...

  
• rainee

  12 Feb 07, 13:31

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  put in freezer

  not enuff place to put inside...esp now nearly cny liao, my house freezer mostly filled with foodstuff...
• hisoka

  12 Feb 07, 13:31

  dump it into liquid nitrogen
• MohamedF

  12 Feb 07, 13:31

  fertilizer in the water... i don't know...
• Darkness_hacker99

  12 Feb 07, 13:32

  Originally posted by hisoka:

  dump it into liquid nitrogen

  
• rainee

  12 Feb 07, 13:32

  Originally posted by choco B:

  To dry flower, take them when fresh and hang them upside-down and forget about them for awhile. Doubt you can retain color but will be nicely dried.
  Do not wait till they wilt before drying (although you will be tempted to) , cos by then they will be so weak the heads will drop off easily
  

  ohoh...that means maybe tonight I need to go hang it upside down le...
• MohamedF

  12 Feb 07, 13:33

  Take a peekture of it...
• rainee

  12 Feb 07, 13:37

  Originally posted by MohamedF:

  fertilizer in the water... i don't know...

  my bf's sis asked me to put panadol inside the water, dunno can work or not
• manyu882

  12 Feb 07, 14:01

  your rose not sick what
• hisoka

  12 Feb 07, 14:03

  Originally posted by rainee:

  my bf's sis asked me to put panadol inside the water, dunno can work or not

  
  
  like that the rose won' get headache?
• ditzy

  12 Feb 07, 14:15

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  put in freezer

  Tried it before, dries even faster, and the colour just drains off like when your body goes into shock.
• snop_coolz

  12 Feb 07, 14:24

  mummified it
• dahliamorie

  12 Feb 07, 14:42

  when you put the roses in a cup of water or what, put 1 panadol into the cup of water. i heard that over the radio some time ago.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  12 Feb 07, 14:47

  Put in luke warm water
• rainee

  12 Feb 07, 15:16

  Originally posted by dahliamorie:

  when you put the roses in a cup of water or what, put 1 panadol into the cup of water. i heard that over the radio some time ago.

  ah I guess there is some truth in this after all
  
  Interesting article How panadol/aspirin can prolong the life of rose
• photo_seeker

  12 Feb 07, 16:52

  I put panadol tablets into my CNY flowers as well to prolong it's lifespan.
  
  For drying them, hang them while they're still fresh so that the bud will not drop off easily.
• ShutterBug

  12 Feb 07, 17:03

  
  How to keep roses from wilting?
  
  Easy, buy a bunch of fake ones...
• sand king

  12 Feb 07, 17:04

  Laminate it?
• thelesis

  12 Feb 07, 17:04

  Keep in a cool place.. add some sugar in the water to prevent roses from wilting..
• ditzy

  12 Feb 07, 17:05

  Originally posted by thelesis:

  Keep in a cool place.. add some sugar in the water to prevent roses from wilting..

  Osmosis will suck the life out of it.