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Step #3: CUTTING

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Trim an inch or two off every stem with a clean cut. If it's a woody stem — hydrangea, for example — split the stem at the bottom. It'll help the absorption of water. Vanderwarker suggests some overnight prep work on the garbera daisies. She puts a baker's cooling rack over a bucket of water and stands the daisies in the water, up to their necks. The additional water pulled up by the flower will make it stand up better.
Trim an inch or two off every stem with a clean cut. If it’s a woody stem — hydrangea, for example — split the stem at the bottom. It’ll help the absorption of water.

Vanderwarker suggests some overnight prep work on the garbera daisies. She puts a baker’s cooling rack over a bucket of water and stands the daisies in the water, up to their necks. The additional water pulled up by the flower will make it stand up better.

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