Buying Tips: Avoid: Stems with abundance of brown or shriveled flowers; stems that are black or slimy in lower portion; stems with no flowers fully open. Look for: Stems with two thirds of the flowers open; flowers that have been properly precooled at grower/shipper level.

Processing: Remove foliage below solution level. Recut stems.

Pretreatment: If gypsophila have not been treated with an anti-ethylene product, such as EthylBloc^™ Technology, treat them as soon as possible. Or if gypsophila have been treated with an anti-ethylene product, use one of Floralife’s hydration products to promote solution uptake and hydration. This treatment will help increase bud opening, decrease flower wilting and bent neck and also helps keep flower stems free flowing.

Holding Solution: Use fresh flower food at recommended rate: Use Floralife^® Flower Food 300 or Floralife^® 200 storage and transport treatment
Hold flowers at room temperature for 1 - 2 hours (2 - 4 hours or longer if trying to encourage bud opening). As a finishing touch to any floral design, spray Floralife^® Finishing Touch hydration and protection spray over entire project.

Ethylene Sensitivity: Flowers are highly ethylene sensitive.

Vase Life: 3 to 10 days depending on the cultivar, cut stage and the use of flower food.

Storage Temperature: 34 - 36˚ F cooler with 75 - 85% humidity.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Excessive brown flowers

May be due to exposure to ethylene, disease development, or old product. Check on product harvest date and shipping/ storage conditions. Make sure anti-ethylene treatment was performed and there is good air circulation around the flowers.

Failure of remaining florets to open

Could be caused by exposure to dry conditions, extended period out of water, or clogged stems. Make sure to hold in high humidity conditions. Recut stems under clean water, use Floralife^® Quick Dip 100 instant hydrating treatment or HydraFlor^® 100 hydrating treatment, followed by a holding solution of a properly mixed Floralife^® Flower Food.