The strength of chemicals used can be critical. Some flowers are damaged by concentrations which are ideal for others. These solutions need appropriate temperatures to be absorbed by the plant. At very low temperatures they will not be absorbed, so cool stored plants may be sometimes put into a warmer situation for a period before cool storage to allow absorption. A solution containing a flower preservative and bacteriacide is often used in the water at this stage.
Dry transport means the stems are out of water.
Wet transport means the stems are standing in water. The method used depends on the variety of plant, method of transport and duration of transpot. Dry transport may be in plastic or canvas slings, which individual blooms are placed ino on harvest. Wet transport may involve picking into canvas or plastic slings, or picking into buckets of water. Either way, the flowers are placed in water soon after picking When harvesting, always have more slings and containers than you think will be needed.