TIPS
Longer Gyps Vase Life.
By Menachem Bornstein
With proper care and handling, you can ex- tend the Gypsophila vase life. Our Gypsophila expert, Menachem Bornstein, is giving you tips on how to extend Gypsophila vase life:
1. Grow long-lasting varieties. The ability of a given variety to cope with sub-op- timal, post-harvest transport and handling condi- tions is genetically determined. Gypsophila varieties of the Pearls® series were chosen specially for their extended vase life.
2. Grow at favorable climate conditions and pro- duction practices.
Environment, level of ventilation, watering, fertiliza- tion, pest and diseas control during production, in- fluence post-harvest performance.
3. Flower maturity. When harvested, flowers should be open at the right stage to suit local practice and situation.
4. Provide good hydration procedures. Plants that do not receive proper watering and are subjected to water stress during production yield flowers that will have shorter vase life.
It is very important to place the branches in water solution no later than 10 minutes after harvesting them and protect them from wilting.
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Harvest flowers in the cool hours of the day. It is rec- ommended to cut the stems diagonally.
5. Provide good sanitation
Flower solution should be clean, freshly prepared, and never reused. Containers and tools used to cut stems need to be disinfected. Hygiene is also im- portant in the cold room, which should be cleaned frequently. Store in a solution containing a bacteri- cide until shipment. Neglecting to do so will lead to the accumulation of micro-organisms that can plug stems and reduce vase life.
“Our retail customers are impressed by the two-week-plus vase life of Pearls Series,” said Ramiro Penaherrera, President at LatinFlor (Ecuador).
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