# How to Make Preservatives for Fresh Cut Flowers
Gardeners who grow an abundance of beautiful blooms outdoors often enjoy bringing this beauty indoors to enjoy the sights and smells inside as well. Even if you do not garden, adding live flowers to your home décor is a lovely way to freshen up a room. Make these vases of fresh cut flowers last as long as possible by adding preservatives to the water. Homemade floral preservatives are inexpensive to make and are as effective as the little packets of preservative you get from professional florists.
Things You'll Need
- Two containers with lids (1.5-quart and 1-gallon size)
- Sugar
- Chlorine bleach
- Lemon juice
- Listerine (any flavor)
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Sharp knife
Instructions
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Make a Sugar Preservative
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Fill the smaller container with 1 qt. of warm water.
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Add 1 tsp. sugar, 1 tsp. chlorine bleach and 2 tsp. lemon juice to the warm water.
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Place the lid on the container, and shake the mixture well to incorporate the ingredients fully.
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Pour the water preservative into a vase, and place the cut flowers into the vase according to the variety of flowers.
Make a Listerine Preservative
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Fill the larger container with 1 gallon of warm water.
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Pour 2 oz. of Listerine mouthwash into the warm water.
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Place the lid on the container, and shake the mixture well to incorporate the ingredients fully.
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Pour the water preservative into a vase, and place the cut flowers into the vase according to the variety of flowers.
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