| Basic cut flower requirements | Sanitation | Floral Preservatives | Proper steps to condition plant materials |
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Filled with water
What does turgid mean?
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Cleanliness or sanitation
What it is important to a long life for a fresh?
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Supplemental food source
What is a sugar source?
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When buying flowers what do you need to look for quality wise?
Good typical color and green undamaged leaves.
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Hard water
is water that contains high amounts of minerals which also make the water alkaline?
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Work areas, and clean cooler, or storage
Where do you disinfected?
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Kills any bacteria present in the vase or on the stem
What is a bactericide?
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What is a green rose?
A rose with green sepals
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Conditioning
The preparation of cut plant materials for arranging by allowing for adequate solution uptake
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Ishment
What the name of the source?
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Inhibit stem plugging by preventing future microbial growth
What is an acidifier?
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When are the best times to harvest?
Late afternoon and morning
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Softened water
Water is not the answer to water quality because of the added salts
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Inherent or built in length
What each flower has ?
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Before shipping and kept cool throughout the shipping process
What is precooled?
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What do you need to check your utensils for ?
That they are sharp and clean
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Deionizer
May be needed to remove the minerals in the water
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(Plant water loss) due to warm temperatures and low relative humidity (air moisture)
What is transpiration?
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Three main ingredients
What are the effective floral preservatives?
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Who should u buy flowers from?
Wholesalers or florists
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