FRESH-FLOWER FOOD

Ask your florist about Pokon & Chrysal fresh-flower food. This helps bacteria from clogging the stems and provides the food necessary to keep your arrangements looking fresh longer.

CUTTING

When you get the flowers home, remove the foliage up to the vase trim and recut all of the stems. It isn't important if this is done on an angle or straight.

This will remove the air pockets created from being out of water and keep your flowers well hydrated.

MISTING

The common practice of misting plants probably does more psychological good for the mister than for the plants.

Misting raises the relative humidity around plants, but only for a few seconds. It can help clean the plants only if excess water drips off. One major disadvantage of misting is the possiblility of Botrytis growth due to the free water left on the foliage and flowers.

TEMPERATURE

High and low temperature problems abound during the year. Plants and flowers should never be placed on any hot or cold surface, nor should they be placed directly in front of a forced-air heating or air conditioning system.

FLOWERS

	DAISY
			Daisies are prone to bent-neck. Use fresh flower food solution and keep the solution clean. This will help to prevent this.
	LARKSPUR
			Make sure stems are rinsed prior to recutting underwater to wash off any dirt and debris. As a garden plant, it is plagued by lack of hardiness, insect and disease problems.
	MINI CARNATION
			Carnations love water. Always keep them well hydrated and keep the solution clean.
	PERUVIAN LILY
			When recutting, remove the whitish or blanched bottom of the stem, if present, for maximum water intake. Leaf removal will reduce vase life if enough flowers are not present for water intake. Flowers grown in cool conditions last longer than ones grown in warmer ones.
	ROSE
			Roses should always be placed in fresh flower food soultions. Thorn removal above the water line can be detrimental.
	SNAPDRAGON
			Do not remove more leaves than necessary, as this can stimulate flower fall. When grown as a garden plant, treat them as an annual although many will respond as a perennial, depending on location and species.
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