Did
you know that almost all tulips come from Holland? It’s true. Lot’s
of tulips that are developed commercially in the United – States are imported
from Holland’s flower industry.
Did
you know that in British-Columbia, more than
$1.15 billion dollars are spent on fresh cut flowers?
It’s true, as people spend more money on fresh cut flowers, than they
do on any other floral product. ( I. E : seeds,
trees etc. )
Last
of all, in a place, which is almost always sunny and protected, tulips could
start sprouting starting from February? Scientists
have proven that in biospheres, this can happen easily.
Amazing, huh?
Did
you realize that tulips could still develop, even when more than three quarters
of their stem is cut? You probably didn’t.
This occurs because when the stem becomes very high, the tulip starts to
fade and it will die in a few days. So
then if the stem is shorter, the more chance you have that your tulip will live
longer.
Do
tulips really grow from bulbs?? Yup,
they do. Roots sprout from bottom of the bulb. The stem then sprouts from the bulb and the buds sprout from
the stem. Tulips receive their
nutrients from their leaves and when they’re cut from their root system, they
begin to wilt quite quickly.
Cut
flowers need carbohydrates to live and to grow.
What can you do to feed your cut tulips?
Sugar ( carbohydrate ) and lemonade ( acid ).
Why would you need an acid, by any chance?
To stop harmful bacteria from spreading into the plant, of course! That’s why extra-sweetened lemonade is so good for
flowers. Without an acid, the
harmful bacteria will spread very fast into the tulip’s stem, and it stops the
fluids from flowing through the plant.
Flower
preservatives have both a carbohydrate and an acid. Tulips will live longer,
scientists have proven, if you use a substance such as preservatives or fresh
lemonade. My experiment was to see if you could prolong the life of cut tulips,
without preservatives, and if my experiment substance, would work better.
Here
is a picture of a bulb below.
