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A customer told me to stop using bleach in my flower buckets
She's a retired chemist who buys peonies every spring, and she said bleach can hurt the stems over time. I used to add a capful to each bucket to keep the water clean. After she said that, I tried just changing the water daily and using the flower food packets. My roses lasted almost a full week longer, and the stems weren't getting slimy. Has anyone else found a better way to keep bucket water fresh without bleach?
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oliver7192mo ago
Honestly, that bleach trick is pretty common for a reason. It kills the gunk that makes water cloudy. Maybe the type of flower or the bleach dose makes the real difference here.
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the_pat2mo ago
Right, because nothing says "fresh flowers" like the chemical smell of a laundry room. I've tried that bleach trick before and it just made my daisies look sad and smell like a swimming pool. The real problem is people treating flowers like a science project instead of just changing the water every couple days. You're not sterilizing a lab, you're putting pretty things in a vase.
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taylorhunt1mo agoOG Member
My buddy Kyle tried the bleach thing last summer with a bouquet his girlfriend bought him. He put in like a full capful instead of a few drops, and within two days the roses turned brown at the edges and the water smelled like a public pool changing room. The whole apartment reeked for a week and his girlfriend got mad because she said he ruined "the romantic gesture.
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