Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIV, Issue 1
Written by George Nicolae CAZAN, Sorina PETRA, Florin TOMA
The present work is of a necessary topicality and is of major importance in that it presents observations and results that contribute to maintaining the flower life in vases for as long as possible, thus helping the herbaceous peony cultivators as cut flowers, flowerings but also people who love this flower for keeping and decorating peony flowers as long as possible. This research study brings to light the results regarding the use of traditional solution recipes in pots water for the longest storage of flowers in pots. The material is represented by cultivars: Festive Maxima, Dorren, Pink Giant, Kansas. In this research, 17 recipe solutions were used to keep flowers in vases. As research methods, biometric measurements, determinations and visual observations were used during the research period. The biometric measurements were made by the following indicators: phenophase in which the buds are; diameter of the buds; diameter of the flower stem; length of flower stems. The visual observations were made by the following indicators: flowering phenophases (semi-open bud, flower opening, total flower opening, flowering completion, petal shaking) and flower vase maintenance (days). Different results were observed regarding the lifetime of the flowers in pots depending on the cultivar used. This resulted in a minimum duration of storage of flowers in pots of 5 days until a maximum duration of storage of flowers in pots of 11 days from the moment of harvesting from the plant.
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