The DOs and DON’Ts of Fresh Cut Flower Care & Handling: DONT's

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Check your flower care and handling knowledge with the DOs and the DON’Ts of fresh cut flower care and handling checklist.

DONT's

• DON'Ts

  • Do not use softened water to process flowers.

  • Do not display flowers in direct sunlight, heat, freezing temperatures, and drafts.

  • Do not handle flowers by their blooms.

  • Do not wet flower blooms.

  • Do not display near ripening produce or smoke as both produce ethylene gas which will shorten flower life.

  • Do not crush stems while trying to cut them.

  • Do not leave leaves below the water level in a vase.

  • Do not mix Daffodils with other flowers.

  • Do not throw flowers abruptly onto any surfaces, even if soft.

  • Do not use old or dirty flower food solution to process fresh flowers.

  • Do not use homemade substitute for flower food such as aspirin, soda pop, bleach, or copper coins.

  • Do not remove all foliage from the stem. Remove only the ones that will fall below the water level.

  • Do not use flower food in crystal or metal containers.

  • Do not display flowers in galvanized buckets without using a liner.

  • Do not overstuff bunches in buckets.

  • Do not lay wet pack boxes sideway.

  • Do not forcibly submerge or plunge floral foam.

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