Rant: I finally switched from tap water to filtered for my flower buckets

For years I just filled my buckets straight from the sink, thinking the chlorine didn't matter much. Then a few months back, I had a big wedding order of white roses that started to droop way too fast, like within a day of processing them. My mentor from my old shop in Austin called me out on it, saying she could smell the chlorine from across the room. She told me to try a simple Brita filter pitcher, just for the flower water, as a test. I started doing it for all my incoming stems, and honestly, the difference is real. My delphiniums and lisianthus are lasting a full two days longer before I even see a hint of wilt. It's a small extra step, but seeing those roses stand up straight for the client's whole weekend made it worth it. Has anyone else tried this and noticed a specific flower that really perks up with filtered water?

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the_miles6mo ago

What about lilies, same effect?

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cora4006mo ago

Your mentor could smell the chlorine from across the room? Mine just tells me when she smells the dead mouse behind the fridge. Guess I'm in the wrong line of work for delicate senses.

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grantthomas4mo ago

I read somewhere that the chlorine is especially hard on flowers with thin petals like lisianthus because it messes with their ability to drink. Your roses make total sense after hearing that.

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