I started soaking my flower foam in warm water instead of cold

For a long time, I just used cold tap water to soak my blocks. It was fine, but the foam took forever to get fully wet. A florist I met at a show in Austin told me to try warm water. I was worried it would hurt the flowers. I tried it six months ago. The warm water soaks in way faster, like in 30 seconds flat. The foam holds more water too. My arrangements seem to last a day or two longer now. Has anyone else seen better results with a different water temp?

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the_laura28d agoMost Upvoted

Oh wow, I had the exact same worry about hurting the flowers. I'm totally trying this with my next batch. Thanks for sharing the tip.

hugowright28d ago

Seriously, a whole forum post about water temperature?

kevinw9428d ago

Seems like a weird thing to get that deep about. It's just water.