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Perfecta and Super Gyp are grown in Ecuador. Each stem is graded and hand-tied into 350 gram bunches. Each box contains 20 bunches. Million Stars are grown exclusively for Eden Floral Farms. Each box contains 20 bunches each weighing 250 grams. |
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Supplemental care and marketing tips: Store under high (90 percent) relative humidity to reduce flower and stem desiccation. Because Botrytis can be a serious problem, florists should ask suppliers--or be prepared themselves--to treat with appropriate fungicides. The few cultivars available have varying life expectancies. Therefore, purchase only by cultivar name. Many schemes have been suggested to extend flower life, including placement in bleach solutions, slamming bunches on tables to physically pop open flowers and using plastic tents over flowers to aid opening. While some may work (bleach used at one teaspoon per gallon can be helpful), normal flower processing for ethylene-sensitive flowers is recommended. Botanical name:
Gypsophila paniculata Botanical fun facts: Gypsophila is Greek for gypsum-loving in reference to this species' good growth performance in high calcium soils. Ethylene sensitive: It is ethylene sensitive. Storage temperature
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36-38 degrees Fahrenheit Purchasing hints: Purchase when first few flowers are open. End-user life: 5 - 10 days Special concerns: Baby's-Breath is ethylene- and water-stress sensitive. Life lengthens when STS solution is taken up by the flowers. However, STS sometimes offers little benefit because stem blockage prevents uptake. Make sure the stems are rinsed and recur underwater prior to placement in STS. Do everything feasible to prevent water stress (i.e. cut stems underwater, use clean buckets, keep fresh-flower food solutions clean). Water stress can rapidly induce ethylene production and thereby reduce flower life. In short, do not allow flowers to dry (inside or outside coolers), as shorter life will surely result.
Care and Handling information is from the "Flower and Plant Care Manual", Written by George Staby, Ph.D., Used with the permission of publisher, The Society of American Florists, 1601 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. 22314-3406. |
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