Across
- 2. preparing flowers to shipping
- 5. last person to get product
- 10. water salinity or measure of total soluble elements
- 11. make or become acidic, reducing pH level of water, maximizing water uptake
- 13. a citric acid solution that encourages rapid uptake of water and helps flowers recover from dry shipping
- 15. lower the hydrogen ions it contains acidic
- 18. mixture of floral preservative with water for increasing the life of cut flowers
- 19. natural plant hormone
- 23. general term for impeded uptake of stems
- 24. tough, hard stem
- 26. blockage by air bubbles
- 27. an organism
- 29. the longevity of flowers
- 30. any non woody plant
- 31. sensitive or prone to water loss
- 33. whitish fluid produced in cells of various plants
- 34. dry out easily
- 35. special hormone containing solutions frequently used by growers to prevented and inhibit problems
Down
- 1. the characteristics of water
- 3. concentration of total soluble elements in the water
- 4. determines if retailer will come back for more
- 6. postharvest technique used to load flowers with sugar and other chemicals prior to shipment
- 7. a chemical solution containing sugar and germicide to speed the opening of but but cut flowers before they are sold
- 8. chemical added to some floral preservatives to make water "wetter"
- 9. method of care and handling
- 12. chemical substance that can kill living organisms
- 14. the care of plants
- 16. every level in the channel of distribution
- 17. chemical mixture of sugar, biocide, and citric acid
- 20. buyer of flowers and floral products to sell to retailers
- 21. cut flower stems under water
- 22. common grocery stores and flower shops
- 25. clogging of water carrying vessels
- 28. an organic compound, includes sugar, starch, glycogen and cellulose
- 32. Shipper of floral products