The Secret To Keeping Flowers Fresh For A Long Time In Transportation

Fresh Flower Export Has High Potential, But Difficulties In Preservation

The fresh flower business has been growing in recent years, in provinces such as Lam Dong, Da Lat…

And the main flower supply area for the whole country and is currently developing towards exporting fresh flowers to the international market.

With the requirement to ensure the quality of fresh flowers to consumers, preservation during transportation is extremely important.

However, currently preserving flowers during transportation faces many difficulties such as:

Flower transport vehicles are regular trucks without air conditioning or optimal humidity for flowers.

 The sudden change in environment from cold to hot causes mold and bacteria to grow strongly, damaging the flowers.

 Change the expected blooming time of flowers.

From the main difficulties in the process of transporting and preserving fresh flowers, finding a method to help solve the problem for flower businesses is being focused on.

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Ethylene Air Bags – Effective Solution For Keeping Flowers Fresh Longer

A major cause of fresh flowers fading quickly and easily being crushed and rotten is the high temperature and humidity in the air, especially in flower storage boxes and packaging.

Therefore, the solution has been introduced by Sao Nam Joint Stock Company (Sancopack) Ethylene Air Bags used to preserve and keep flowers fresh longer during transportation, an important milestone for the secrets to keeping flowers fresh longer when used.

With 20 years of experience and operations in the field of dehumidification, air absorption for food preservation, and fresh flower preservation, Sancopack Company is committed to providing quality products at the best prices to customers.

Ethylene air bags are packaged and provided by Sancopack company, easy to use in the process of preserving fresh flowers in boxes or outside packaging.

Secrets to Keeping Flowers Fresh at Home

Colorful flower vases are indispensable in the house during holidays and Tet, or used to decorate houses, offices, and add vitality to the landscape…

However, if you do not know how to preserve them, the flowers will not be fresh and will quickly wither.

To keep flowers beautiful and fresh for a long time, please refer to the following ideas:

Before putting flowers in the vase, wash the vase thoroughly. If you wash it with soap, remember to rinse it off completely because if any soap remains, it will change the pH of the water and cause the flowers to deteriorate faster.

 Clean the knife or scissors used to cut flowers, avoid dirty cutting tools that will allow bacteria and mold to penetrate and cause the flowers to wither quickly.

You need to cut off all the leaves of the flower branches that are placed in the vase of water and regularly cut the bottom of the branches at a 450 angle to avoid the leaves coming into contact with water and causing the entire vase to rot.

 If you want to keep the flower in its original shape, without it blooming and falling off, you can use hairspray, hold the spray bottle about 30 cm away from the flower and spray upwards.

Secrets to keeping flowers fresh for retail business

Some Special Flowers Need Secrets To Keep Flowers Fresh Longer.

For Lilies

Remove the flowers from the packaging, strip the leaves about 20cm from the base.
Use a clean knife to cut the flower base diagonally and soak the flowers in clean water.
Change the water and cut the base every 2 days.

Secret to keeping lilies fresh for up to 2 weeks

For Roses

Add a few drops of baby syrup to the vase (be careful not to add too much or the flower roots will get waterlogged)

Or mix weak tea into a vase, change the water daily.

Absolutely do not let leaves fall into the vase of water, it will cause decomposition, causing odor and ruining the entire flower.

Roses last longer thanks to good preservation

For Flowers Like Gerbera, Carnation

The Secret to Keeping Flowers Fresh for a Long Time, We Can Use the Following Homemade Solutions:

1 liter of water + 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice + 1 tablespoon of sugar + 1/2 teaspoon of bleach.

 60g mouthwash + 4.5 liters of water. Listerine is considered an acid that helps flowers absorb water well.

Gerbera daisies keep fresh for a long time and bring you luck.

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3 Great Tips to Help Keep Fruit Fresh for Longer

Keeping fruit fresh for a long time is also a major concern for many people.

The following tests on a vase of fresh tulips can give you the answer to how to keep flowers blooming and fragrant the longest.

Listerine Antibacterial Mouthwash

Theory: Kills bacteria, prevents plaque and bad odors.
Day 1: A capful of Listerine mouthwash (or other mouthwash) is mixed into the flower water.

Day 4: The flower stems are standing straight and the flowers are starting to bloom. Our vase looks pretty nice now.

Day 7: The flower became unruly and its branches kept pointing in all directions.

Clean water

Theory : Clean water will contain fewer bacteria.

Day 1: The base should be cut back about ½ cm and the water should be changed every day.

Day 4: The stem is still straight and the flowers are still healthy.

Day 7: Some of the flowers have wilted and need to be cut off, but with a little effort, the vase can still be displayed for another 1-2 days.

Conclusion: The flowers bloom quite beautifully, but the petals will fade quickly and fall off a lot after the fourth day.

Sugar

Theory: Copy the mechanism that increases sugar levels during photosynthesis, but at the same time promotes bacterial growth.

Day 1: One teaspoon of sugar is added to the water.

Day 4: Except for the stems being a little soft, everything seemed fine. Another small packet of sugar was added to the water.

Day 7: The flowers have opened, and the petals are starting to curl.
Conclusion: The flowers are uneven and the branches are crooked, but basically intact.

Flower arrangement aids

Theory: The biocide ingredient helps kill bacteria, the acidifier helps the plant absorb water and sugar to make the flowers bloom.
First day: One tablespoon of the mixture is added to the water.

Day 4: More water was drawn up than in the other vases. Flowers bloomed beautifully and no additional support was needed until day 5.

Day 7: The entire bouquet became limp and, although fading quickly, still looked the best of the test vases at the same time.

Conclusion: Achieved the best results in the tested ways to keep flowers fresh.
According to the above analysis, when you know how to use the secret to keep flowers fresh for a long time, the flowers can last 5-8 days longer than usual.

The secret to keeping flowers fresh for a long time helps flower shops save on preservation costs and increase quality and price in the market.