Vent: Dropped $70 on a flower food that did nothing

I bought this fancy flower food from a supplier last month, some kind of powder you mix in... cost me $70 for a bag that was supposed to make my roses last two weeks. Tested it on a batch of red roses I got from the wholesaler, same conditions as my usual stuff. By day 5 they were drooping and the water got cloudy real fast. My regular $15 packet from the grocery store works better and keeps them fresh for a week easy. I feel like I got played by the marketing on this one, the packaging looked professional and all. Has anyone else tried those high-end flower foods and found them to be a scam?

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emery8795mo ago

Gotta disagree with you man. That flower food might've been bad luck but the higher end stuff usually has actual science behind it. I've had the opposite experience where the cheap stuff just has sugar and bleach while the pricey powders actually stabilize pH and kill bacteria way better. Sounds like you got a dud batch or maybe your roses were already old when you got them.

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tylermurray5mo ago

Yeah are you seriously trying to tell me my roses were "already old" when I got them? lol I literally watched that florist cut them off the bush in front of me. I swear half the price of that fancy powder goes to the marketing team and the fancy little glass jar they put it in. I'll stick with my sugar and a splash of vodka, works fine and I can drink the rest of the bottle.

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