FloralifeQuick Dip 100 Instant Hydrating Treatment, 16 Ounce

WOW! I NEVER take time to write reviews, especially those with a picture but I am absolutely blown away by this product! I bought these 2 dozen white roses almost exactly two weeks ago. My mother bought the same, from the same store, a day later (Sept 14). We both treated them the same: same exact vase, same flower food packet in the water, tap water from the same city, cut to the same length, and both displayed in cool, indirect light rooms in our homes. The ONE difference, is I used quick dip. Long story short, she threw her flowers out several days ago (and believe me, this woman will not throw out a bouquet until the petals have all fallen, no exaggeration haha), and here mine are, still firm and beautiful nearly two weeks later and are only just today showing signs of dying (some petals slightly wilted, and small brown tips on a handful of petals). I’m estimating I’ve got at least a week’s worth of time left with these beauties. So if you’re wondering if this works? YES!!!! Best money I’ve ever spent as someone who always wants fresh flowers in the house. Also, I never changed the water, re-snipped, or add anything to the water. They’ve been left untouched for 2 weeks and are still very much alive! Thank you for this incredible product!Ps. I keep about 1-2” high of dip in a mason jar with lid filled at all times so I can easily dip anything I cut in the yard before putting it into a bouquet. I gift these bouquets to friends and families all the time and all have asked me what’s my secret to making them last so long!

My daughter's wedding was Saturday evening, and we made the bouquets and memory table floral-ringed lantern that morning. The flowers and greenery were bulk floral purchases from membership big-box stores, and they arrived Tuesday and Wednesday before the wedding. As they arrived, we trimmed the stems and placed them in buckets with water + FloraLife Flower Food Powder according to the directions on the jar. At first the water was cloudy after stirring, but after a few minutes it became clear. The morning of the wedding, we prepared a deep pot with fresh water + FloraLife powder (if you're doing a lot of florals buy a second jar of FloraLife Flower Food powder--we needed two jars; it went fast). We soaked bouquet holders that had wet floral foam centers and 6-inch wet floral foam disks in the pot, one at a time. Before inserting each stem into the soaked foam we dipped them in FloraLife Quick Dip 100 for one second. It was extremely easy to dip the stems as we went along, and there's still plenty of Quick Dip left even after dipping hundreds of stems (you'll probably just need one bottle). After the bouquets and centerpieces were completed, they were sprayed with FloraLife Crowning Glory Solution. They looked pretty wet at first but dried quickly. I suggest spraying Crowning Glory outside or over a protected surface because there is overspray. Even though we did a lot of arrangements, we've still got plenty of Crowning Glory left in the one bottle we bought.We were worried that some of the heavier stems would fall out as the bride and her attendants walked down the aisle, so Oasis Floral Adhesive was applied a few hours before the ceremony. The tube was easy to squeeze and wiggle in the arrangements to where the stems met the wet foam. The glue was clear and a little runny (have a paper towel on hand), but we were able to make quick work of securing the larger flowers in the bride's and bridesmaids' bouquets; the adhesive dried within an hour. Not a flower fell during the entire evening or the days after, so the Oasis Floral Adhesive did it's job.I'm not sure which product or products we owe our phenomenal success to, but wow, it's over three days later and the bridal bouquet, bridesmaid's bouquet, and centerpiece we brought home still look great! They've had nothing else done to them, not even water added to the floral foam; we just have them displayed on tables in the house (see photos). They look as fresh as when we made them over 80 hours ago. Can't overstate how well the products worked for us, and if we had to do it over again, we would confidently get the florals finished the day before the wedding to give us more time for other items on our to-do list the day of the wedding.

Wow, this stuff really works! The flowers lasted at least two days longer maybe four. I am going to do a controlled experiment and will report back.It does not say on the instructions enclosed but I found on their web to discard the used portion after 2-3 days, we went longer to 5 days and it still worked.

Reliable quality

You use this as a dip, undiluted, to the end of the flower right after you trim it. It opens up the cells and helps them absorb water. Then you place the flower quickly into clean water, preferably with some floral preservative. That helps the water stay fresh because it has anti-bacterial elements and food for the freshly cut flowers to keep the flowers and foliage looking perky and maintain the color. If you recut the flower tips, and redip, and put in fresh water every so often you can extend the life of your expensive and gorgeous flowers a long time. It depends on the variety and freshness of what you began with, but two weeks isn’t unusual instead of the four or five days. If you have long-lived flowers like alstroemerias or mums, you might grow tired of them! Don’t forget to trim any leaves that are going to be below the water line because they will rot and spoil the water.

If you are using real florals for an event, add this to your cart NOW! For those who don’t know hydrangeas are a PAIN to work with as they wilt VERY quickly, but this product helped me keep them full and white for OVER 36 hours. That is almost UNHEARD OF!Don’t even second guess this, just add to your cart NOW!

Great to have on hand for limp flowers. Works quickly.

I needed to make a dozen hydrangea table arrangements for an event but the flower buds tend to prematurely shrivel even if in water, but this solution dip is an extender that somehow maintains hydration for the stem between the cut and holding water. The shipment of hydrangeas came over a week earlier as a precaution in the event my experiment would collapse, but it proved to be ideal! In fact, leftover flower stems lasted another week, and I highly recommend this product!