🌿 Get Instant Answers to Your Cut Flower Care Questions
Looking for the best way to keep your flowers fresh? You’re in the right place!
Here are the top expert-backed answers to your most common flower care questions.
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or email hello@flowerboosters.com.
To extend the life of cut flowers:
✅ Use clean water & change it every 2-3 days – Dirty water breeds bacteria. Alternately you can also choose a product like Just Blúme that allows you to refresh treated water without changing the water completely. It will kill bacteria and feed the flowers for longer life with minimal effort.
✅ Trim stems at a 45-degree angle – This maximizes water absorption.
✅ Remove leaves below the waterline – Prevents bacterial growth.
✅ Keep flowers in a cool place overnight – Slows aging and wilting.
✅ Use a professional flower solution – Flower Boosters and V:VA can help flowers last up to 20 days! Just Blúme is designed for roses or mixed flower bouquets. Cént is a flower enhancing scent that uses real botanicals to give back the smells that nature intended: no chemicals or preservatives added, it smells real because it is real.
💡 Pro Tip: The free packets from florists typically extend flowers 4-6 days. Flower Boosters products provide hydration, nutrients, and bacterial defense for up to 3X longer vase life.
Sugar can provide short-term hydration, but without antibacterial agents, it feeds bacteria and shortens lifespan. A balanced flower solution works better.
These DIY methods provide partial benefits, but they lack the full hydration + nutrients + bacteria control that professional solutions like Flower Boosters provide.
Roses often suffer from air bubbles blocking water uptake. Fix this by:
✔️ Re-cutting stems underwater at a 45-degree angle to remove air pockets.
✔️ Using warm (not hot) water for better absorption.
✔️ Removing excess leaves to reduce moisture loss.
🚀 Now Available: Just Blúme our Exclusive Rose Formula. Most roses only last 4-7 days—our formula keeps them fresh an average of 10 to 14 days depending on rose variety!
Homemade solutions (sugar, lemon juice, vinegar) provide partial benefits but lack the proper hydration, nutrients, and bacterial resistance needed for long-lasting flowers.
⚠️ What You Need to Know:
💧 Without flower food: Every 1-2 days (bacteria grows fast).
💧 With standard free packets: Every 2-3 days.
💧 With Flower Boosters: Flower Boosters Cut Flower Enhancer and V:VA are optimal at every 3-4 days—prevents bacteria while hydrating flowers. But Just Blúme only needs a water change every 7 days (or not at all if you choose to just top off the treated water).
Tap water is fine for most flowers, but filtered water removes chlorine and heavy metals that can shorten vase life. If your tap water is hard or high in chlorine, filtered or distilled water may help.
✅ Yes! Cooler temperatures slow wilting. This is why florists store flowers in coolers.
⚠️ Avoid placing flowers near fruits—they release ethylene gas that makes flowers wilt faster. If you buy grocery store flowers stored next to produce, they may have already been exposed!
❌ No! Smashing stems damages their ability to absorb water. Instead, trim at a sharp 45-degree angle.
🪙 Nope! Copper in pennies used to have antibacterial effects, but modern pennies contain zinc, which does nothing for flowers.While pure copper has does have antimicrobial properties, a single modern coin doesn’t release enough to prevent bacteria. Even pure copper, while it will help, is not a strong defence against modern bacteria and will only have a minimal impact on how long your flowers live.
Use Flower Boosters or V:VA for maximum hydration + bacterial resistance.
💠 Trim stems & change water every 3 days to prevent blockage.
💠 Keep flowers away from fruit (ethylene gas shortens lifespan).
💠 Mist petals lightly to keep them hydrated in dry environments.
💠 Store flowers in a cool place overnight to slow aging.
🚀 Upgrade your flower care → Just Blúme offers superior flower care for roses and mixed flower bouquets with longer life and less maintenance: only change the water every 7 days (or not at all if you just want to top off the vase with new treated water). Its a superior solution that lets you care for roses and mixed flower bouquets in a whole new way!
Learn More & Shop Flower Boosters ProductsWant flowers to last even longer? Try Flower Boosters Original Cut Flower Solution – formulated for maximum freshness, hydration, and beauty.
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If you’re not thrilled, email hello@flowerboosters.com within 20 days of delivery to request a refund. Products must be returned within 14 days of approval.
Flower Boosters products are consumable, and refunds are intended to allow customers to evaluate performance, not for extended use.
Due to the consumable nature of the product, bulk-size Flower Boosters (12.5 oz) are eligible for refund only if at least 75% of the product remains.
• Products used beyond this amount are considered consumed and are not eligible for refund
• This allows sufficient product to evaluate performance while preventing extended-use refunds
• If more than one 12.5 oz pouch was purchased, only one may be opened. Others must be returned in unopened and resellable condition
For packet-based or multi-unit orders:
• One (1) unit or packet per order may be opened and still qualify for a refund
• All additional units or packets must be unopened, unused, and resellable to be eligible
If more than one unit or packet has been used, the order is considered partially consumed.
• A 30% restocking & handling fee will be deducted from the refund
• Refunds are issued only for returned, unused items, minus the restocking fee
• Orders with multiple opened units or no product returned are not eligible for refund
This policy prevents misuse by bad actors while remaining fair to customers evaluating the product.
• Return shipping is non-refundable
• Customers are responsible for return shipping costs
• We strongly recommend using a tracked shipping method.
Refunds are intended for first-time evaluation. Orders showing excessive use, multiple opened units, repeat refund behavior, or attempts to circumvent this policy may be declined at our discretion.
We stand behind our products and strive to be fair — this policy is intended to do both but is unfortunately necessary due to a small number of bad actors trying to “hack the system” and abuse more liberal policies.
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