Floralife Flower Food

How Much Do I need?

Calculating how many fresh flowers you need to order should be followed by calculating how much flower food is needed to nourish those flowers.

Floralife Crystal Clear Flower food

Here's a guide to help you figure out what you need.

Why Is It Important To Use Flower Food?

While a flower is still attached to a plant with roots, it receives nourishment which allows it to grow and develop. When the flower is cut from the plant it loses its source of nourishment and water. Fresh cut flower food was developed to simulate the flower’s originate environment and allow for the flower to fully develop and open.

Used properly, flower food will greatly increase the life of your flowers until your wedding day.

Here are the key functions of a fresh flower food.

1. Nutritional source - Plants produce sugar through photosynthesis from water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight. When a flower is cut from the plant, photosynthesis is no longer an option for the production of sugar. Floralife flower food provides a nutrient supplement to assure the continuation of development of the flower bud into a fully opened and beautiful flower. With the use of flower food, the flower will perform better in terms of size, color, and vase life.

2. Hydration - Flower food helps lower the pH which keeps the water and food conducting system in flowers working at maximum efficiency. When a flower has been dehydrated through the normal course of postharvest and shipping it needs a jump-start. When the pH of a solution if more acidic, the molecules are more hydrophilic . . . or they tend to stick together more. A good flower food includes an agent to lower the pH of the solution which encourages hydration, keeping the tiny tubes, or vessels, in the stem continually drawing up water.

3. Stem Unplugger - From grower to end consumer in the transport chain, a flower is exposed to many chances of becoming exposed to debris which can clog the stems, resulting in the reduction of ability to take up water and nutrients. This blockage can easily shorten the life of a flower and result in a higher percentage of non-usable products by the retail florist, or even an unhappy customer. Flower food includes a special ingredient (I recommend Quick Dip)to keep the water uptake flowing.

Homemade versions, or recipes, of flower food do not contain all the necessary ingredients vital to sustaining flower life. Aunt Martha’s old recipe recommendation of using copper pennies, aspirin, soda, or chlorine in water, for example, are ineffective and can end up costing you more than the cost of commercially produced flower food.

I recommend these products because it will keep your flowers alive longer and looking good throughout your entire wedding day.