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care and handling
floral arrival
cutting flowers
temperatures
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100
what does DCD stand for? 

cleaner manufactured  for floral industry 

100

what is inspect? 

check packages, not broken down wet/ soggy, straps out. 

100

how may inches should you cut off the stem? 

2 to 3 inches 
100

storage cooler 

36- 40 degrees and 38 degrees is average 

100

chrysanthemums 

carnations, green trick, daisy's, sweet William 

200

what is sanitation? 

flowers should be stored in clean buckets, cut them with clean tools. white buckets you can see if bucket is clean. 

200

what should you remove when flowers get to your shop before you put them in water? 

rubber bans, plastic around the flowers 

200

how long should the stand out? 

1-4 hours 

200

shipping temperatures for cut flowers should be? 

33- 35 degrees 

200
greenly 

ti leaves, leather leaf, tree fern 

300
what are the three components of fresh flower food? 
carbohydrate, citric acid,  biocide 
300
how many hours do you have to report something to the flower company? 

24 hours 

300

when flower stem is brown it shows it decline ( death of the tissue?) 

2-3 inches 

300
you shouldn't put flowers in what? 
a freezer, not a refrigerator! 
300

waxflower 

smells like lemon 

400
when cutting stems what inch insures that you will cut away? 

2-3 inches 

400
how should you cut the stem of the flower? 

diagonal 

400

tulips 

should be cut one inches or so 

400
preparing buckets 

with appropriate amount of fresh flower food and water. use manufacture directions. 

500

what is carbohydrate? 

sucrose 

500
critic acid 

lowers the ph of tap water to acidic range of 3.8 preferred by flowers. this keeps water cleaner longer. 

500
alstroemeria 

WRC 

500

flowers should be 

50 - 80 cm