| BASIC CUT FLOWER REQUIREMENTS | CAUSES OF FLOWER DETERIORATION AND DEATH | PROPER STEPS TO CONDITION PLANT MATERIALS | FLORAL PRESERVATIVES | COMMERCIAL PACKING AND SHIPPING |
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90%
What percent of flowers is water?
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Stem blocking.
What is the common cause of premature flower wilting?
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Late afternoon and morning.
What are the two best times to harvest?
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Ethylene.
Ethylene reduction treatments should be used for ____-sensitive flowers.
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Grades.
Flowers are separated into groups or (____) before they are bunched.
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High quality water, sugars for food, healthy environment, and sanitation.
The basic needs of fresh-cut flowers are:
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Transpiration.
A fresh flower loses water through:
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Green rose.
A rose with green sepals still prominently enclosing the bud is called:
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Double.
Using floral preservatives can almost ____ the vase life of most fresh flowers.
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Protection.
Sleeves are placed over the bunch for _____.
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Being filled with water
Define turgid:
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Phloem.
What is the food conducting tissue of the flower stem?
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Not air.
Cutting stems under water will ensue that water, _____ _____, will enter the xylem.
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False, they have 3.
True or False? Effective floral preservatives have 2 main ingredients.
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25.
Roses, carnations, foliages, and palms come in the bunch size of ____.
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Sucrose and dextrose.
What are both names of sugar food source for cut flowers?
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Photosynthesis.
The process of making sugars from water and carbon dioxide is called:
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False.
True or False? All flowers are effected by ethylene gases.
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Inhibits stem plugging by preventing future microbial growth.
An acidifier does what?
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Hampers.
Flowers such as gladioli and snapdragons are packaged upright in boxes called _____.
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34-38°F
What is the ideal temperature to store flowers?
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Ethylene inhibitors.
Wholesalers pretreat their flowers with:
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Milky, Sap, Mother.
Some flowers exude a ____ _____ when cut from the _____ plant.
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Once.
An ethylene reduction treatment is only needed ____.
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To keep cool throughout the shipping process.
Why are flowers precooled?
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