652 results about "Cut flowers" patented technology

This invention relates to a novel method and apparatus for packaging and shipping horticultural products including cut flowers. More particularly, this invention pertains to a novel method of and packaging for packaging cut flowers in a modified atmosphere package to prolong shelf life, shipping the packaged flowers to the destination, and then at the destination, opening the package and rehydrating the cut flowers in the package by saturating the stems of the flowers with water.

Microbicidal formulations are described which are preferably ecologically friendly and non-toxic to mammals, and are highly effective against a broad spectrum of detrimental pathogenic microorganisms. The microbicidal formulation contains complexes having the formula R-M, wherein R is at least one organic chelating moiety and M is at least one metal ion which is microbicidal to at least one microorganism. These complexes can disrupt microorganism activities by penetrating the natural protecting bio-films of such microorganisms through the reaction of the R-group with the organic constituents of these microorganisms while releasing M into their intra-cellular media. Thus, this process exhibits its biocidal activities from the inside-out, contrary to other methods which rely on damaging the protective biofilms. These microbicidal formulations can be diluted in suitable proportions into aqueous systems to produce the desired dosages for each individual case, depending on the level and the severity of the contamination. The microbicidal formulations can be applied by conventional methods, e.g., spraying, soaking, fogging, impregnation, and the like. The formulations can also be used as preservatives, such as for fresh or cut flowers and plants. These microbiocides can also be made as gel or solids in different forms by using techniques available to those skilled in the art.

In a method and apparatus for packaging a horticultural product, especially cut flowers, for transportation, one or more stems are inserted through a flexible foam block formed from a low density, low compression force material disposed in an opening of container such that the foam is compressed. The compression of the foam forms a water-tight seal around each stem to prevent water or other liquid inside the container from leaking during shipment of the horticultural product and insulates each stem from each other stem. A tube may be placed in the foam block to provide fluid communication between an interior of the container and an exterior of the container.

The technical field of the invention is that of making receptacles, packages, or parcels for living organisms or materials that are sensitive to changes in atmospheric conditions or surroundings, such as cut flowers. The lower portion (31) of a funnel-shaped shell overlies and matches the shape of a top portion (21) of a vase (2) which has the same funnel shape as the lower portion of the shell.

The present invention relates generally to a trimming machine used to cut flowers or other plant material into small sized fragments or to prune unwanted thorns or leaves off of plants and flowers. This machine trims flower petals into small pieces which can be used in potpourri or other displays. This machine enables the user to generate a greater volume of flower petals then the traditional method of hand trimming with a scissors. This machine can also trim the unwanted leaves, buds or thorns off plants and flowers.

The invention provides an air-adjusting fresh keeping bag and a sterile air-adjusting fresh keeping method. The air-adjusting fresh keeping bag takes tasteless, odourlessness, innocuous resin material as a substrate which is then added and mixed with functional materials and then blown into a homogenous humidity keeping air-adjusting fresh keeping bag enabling the ozone to pass. The sterile air-adjusting fresh keeping method of the invention includes the procedures that: the air-adjusting fresh keeping bag is placed in an ordinary temperature adjustable plant according to the package weight after fruits and vegetables as well as flowers are pretreated; the air-adjusting fresh keeping bag is placed in a ventilated plastic circulating container after being sealed and packaged and then is sent into a sealing house for the ozonic sterilization; the fruits, the vegetables and freshly cut flowers are stored into a refrigerator after the sterilization according to the temperatures required by the storage of the fruits, the vegetables and the freshly cut flowers or is placed into a refrigerator car cabinet for the transportation. The sterile air-adjusting fresh keeping method of the invention is small in investment and convenient in operation and combines the ozonic sterilization and the air-adjusting fresh keeping, the sterilization is thorough and the fresh keeping effect is long-lasting.

The invention relates to a flower preservative which mainly comprises the components of humectant, gluconate, sugar and bactericidal antibacterial agent, wherein the flower preservative comprises the following components in per liter: 0.1-1g of humectant, 0.3-1g of gluconate, 20-50g of sugar, 0.1-1g of bactericidal antibacterial agent and the balance of water. The flower preservative is a transparent liquid preparation, colorless and odorless, does not pollute the environment, is harmless to flowers, can be used for various flowers and plants such as potted flowers and cut-flowers, can effectively supplement energy substances and trace elements of the flowers and suppress microbe growth, the blockage of microbes on the air holes of the flowers is avoided, the defects of the conventional flower preservative are overcome, the flower ornamental period is prolonged, and the market supply time is prolonged. The flower preservative is a flower preservative product which is convenient to use and good in preservation effect and does not have a toxic effect, has important economic value and is suitable for application and popularization.

The invention relates to a cultivation method for an oriental lily fresh cut-flower, which comprises the following steps of: carrying out different stages of rooting and low-temperature forced germination on handpicked refrigerated seed balls, then planting in a transformed ground substance, strictly controlling the illumination, the temperature, the humidity of each growing stage, and evenly applying all kinds of required fertilizers. In the invention, through low-temperature treatment in a refrigeration house before planting, the roots of the lily seed balls grow to a certain extent, the influence of the harmful factors, such as high temperature and the like, on root system growth in the growth process after planning is reduced, thereby ensuring the supply of the nutrient and the moisture for the plant, and the quality of the cut-flower is improved. By using the cultivation method, the oriental lily has the advantages of fine growth and development, high and robust plant, high cut-flower rate, excellent quality, long childbearing period, bright-coloured flower color, bright lamina, thick and rigid petal character, good insertion-resistance, and little appearing leaf burning; the cultivated lily plant has strong disease resistance and aromatic flavor; and the cultivation method has high use ratio of facility space and can shorten the growth cycle of the fresh cut-flower.

An electrochemically treated solution and method for cut flower and plant preservation, the solution having potassium, hypochlorous acid, and dissolved oxygen.

The present invention relates to a plantation method of millettia speciosa champ, and belongs to the agriculture plantation field. The plantation method specifically comprises the following steps of selecting the land suitable for planting the millettia speciosa champ, applying base fertilizer prepared by mixing self-made farm manure, plant ashes and quicklime according to a certain ratio, and plowing and bedding, wherein the self-made farm manure is prepared by mixing millettia speciosa champ litters, corn stalks, wheat straws, coconut shells and soybean meal with pig, cattle and sheep manure and night soil; then selecting millettia speciosa champ seedlings, transplanting the millettia speciosa champ seedlings in the land, and covering a membrane; and fertilizing once a year, timely cutting tails and cutting flowers, paying attention to insect disease prevention, and harvesting the millettia speciosa champ after cultivating the millettia speciosa champ for three years. The plantation method is simple in operation and high in practicality, and is suitable for large scale systematic breeding, diseases and pests can be reduced and prevented, the plant survival rate is high, growth speed is fast, and production cost is low.

Disclosed are compositions that comprise one or more N-acylethanolamine compounds for maintaining the freshness and appearance of cut flowers, floral products, decorative foliage, fruits, and other plant cuttings. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for treating and storing cut flowers, Christmas trees, fruits, and other severed plant parts that preserve the appearance, freshness, fragrance and/or aesthetic qualities of the botanical products. Using the disclosed compositions, the shelf life of cut flowers was substantially prolonged, in many cases 2 to 5 times longer than untreated flowers, with the treated flowers or foliage appearing healthy and viable, and without wilting, dehydration, leaf drop, or visible signs of senescence. Likewise, treatment of ornamental coniferous plants with the anti-senescent compositions delayed deterioration and leaf drop, while extending the overall appearance and quality of the plants and plant cuttings.

The invention provides a lily cultivating substrate made of coconut residues. The cultivating substrate is prepared in such a way that coconut residues, sand, perlite, vermiculite, and the like are mixed according to a certain volume ratio. The composite substrate improves physicochemical properties of the prior single substrate, has wide sources of all single components, convenient material acquisition and low cost, fundamentally solves the problem of greatly using a nonrenewable substrate, namely turf in the current lily production, reduces the production cost on the premise of ensuring the quality of lily cut flowers and has obvious benefits of society, economy and environmental ecology.

The invention relates to a peony cut-flower forcing culture method. The method comprises the following steps of: selecting 3 to 4-year peony plants with plump flower buds, refrigerating seedlings for 30 to 60 days at the temperature of 0 and 4 DEG C to remove flower bud dormancy, and then spraying liquid to the roots of the seedlings; potting the seedlings, spraying 200 to 500mg/L gibberellin solution to each pot, and then culturing the seedlings for 60 to 90 days in a greenhouse; and when the sprouts are grown to 5 to 10 centimeters, properly removing bud-free sprouts, and finally cutting the flower branches from the roots. The method has the advantages of solving the problems of requirement of conventional flower forcing peony for cold storage area and cut-flower quality influenced by stunted flower forcing peony plants and poor flowering quality and the like, greatly improving the appreciation value and commodity value of the cut-flower peony and providing basis for standardized production, along with simple operation and lower cost.

The invention relates to a flower antistaling agent with added plant growth regulator, wherein 1L of the water contains the following constituents: sucrose 5-20g, 8- hydroxyquinoline 0.1-0.5g, gibberellin 0.02-0.08g, cytokinin 0.01-0.09g, plant growth retardant 0.20-0.8g, arginine 0.015-0.045g, organic acid 0.1-0.5g and inorganic salt 0.005-1.5g.

The invention aims at providing an effective cut flower preservation method. The major contents of the method include the steps of preparing a preservation solution, treating the cut flowers and carrying out preservation treatment. The cut-flower preservation solution comprises nutrient substances, antibacterial substances, plant growth regulation substances, mineral elements and buffer regulation substances; a method for preparing the preservation solution adopted by the method is simple, the preservation solution is good in effect of keeping the rosa chinensis cut flower fresh, and therefore, the cut flower preservation method can be well popularized.

A method for production and storage of hypochlorous acid is disclosed. The method comprises using high purity water achieved by a combination of softening and reverse osmosis steps. The shelf life is further improved by storing the hypochlorous acid in opaque PET bottles or Nylon/PE bags or nylon bags in a box. Solutions stored in opaque PET bottles exhibit the best stability. Anticipated uses of the extended life hypochlorous acid solution include sanitizer for food contact and non-food contact surfaces, a streak-free cleaner for smooth surfaces and a cut flower life extender. Other biocide uses include water treatment in oil and gas production, cooling tower, lazy river and swimming pools, process water distribution systems, drinking water, portable humidifier, fish tanks and treatment of metalworking fluids and lubricants.

The invention discloses a tree peony fresh cutting flower anti-staling agent which is composed of the following components in parts by weight: 2-8 parts of chitosan, 5-15 parts of calcium chloride, 5-18 parts of citric acid, 10-20 parts of polyvinyl alcohol and 1-5 parts of emulsifying agent. According to the tree peony fresh cutting flower anti-staling agent, the anti-staling agent is prepared from the chitosan, the polyvinyl alcohol, the calcium chloride, the citric acid and the emulsifying agent aiming at the characteristics that the tree peony has large petals, bright flower color and short flowering phase; when the anti-staling agent is used, the preservative solution is prepared from all the components and the preservative solution is sprayed on the surface of the petals of a tree peony fresh cutting flower to form one layer of a thin film on the petals, so as to effectively prevent water of the tree peony cutting flower from being evaporated, decrease the water loss of the petals and delay the withering caused by the water loss of flower branches; and the degradation of soluble proteins in the petals and damages to a cytoplasm membrane can be effectively inhibited, so that an ageing process of the tree peony cutting flower is delayed, the service life of the tree peony fresh cutting flower inserted in a bottle can be prolonged by 3-4 days and the quality of the cutting flower is guaranteed.

This invention relates to a novel method for the storage and transport of fresh fruit, vegetables and cut flowers. More particularly, this invention pertains to a novel method to prolong the postharvest life of such horticultural produce that is packaged in a modified atmosphere by the inclusion of a small amount of nitric oxide gas into the package.

The invention provides a high active induction culture method for lily bulbil which is characterized in that: through an induction culture of embryoid and tissue enrichment culture of embryoid tissue, a relative high rapid propagation velocity is obtained; then through an differentiation culture of bulb-lets and an intumescence culture of bulb-lets, transplanting bulb-lets of a circumferential diameter bigger than 3cm are obtained. The growth rate of the bulb-lets of the invention can reach more than one million grains per years which is ten times that of conventional methods. With a large number of small bulb-lets obtained, the ratio of bulb-lets with large specification and large grain size is increased. The invention optimizes the culture procedures of preferential lily seedball, shortens the propagation time of preferential lily seedball; furthermore, the field planting survival rate of bulb-lets is high and the production cost is low; the invention is suitable for the scale rapid propagation production of cut lily elite.

The invention relates to an environment friendly preservation method of lily cut flowers, belonging to the technical field of cut flower preservation and comprising the following steps: picking lily cut flowers, then classifying at normal temperature, preprocessing, packing at lower temperature, transporting at low temperature, selling and inserting the lily into a vase, wherein the preprocessing is realized by putting lily cut flowers classified at normal temperature into a closed precooling condition for precooling, controlling the precooling temperature, stifling the lily cut flowers with ethylene receptor inhibitor gas released from environment friendly ethylene receptor inhibitor powder induced with liquor, and controlling the stifling time and the concentration of the ethylene receptor inhibitor gas; the vase inserting is realized by using conservation reagent which is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 0.004-0.008 percent of plant growth regulator, 2-3 percent of nutritional supplements, 0.035 percent of preservative and 96.957-97.961 percent of water. The invention takes the preprocessing link and the vase inserting link into account; in addition, the conservation reagent for vase inserting has simple prescription and embodies green, pollution-free and environment friendly characteristics.

An antistaling agent for fresh flower is prepared from water as solvent, cane sugar, 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate or 8-hydroxyquinoline citrate or thiabendazole, silver thiosulfate, cytokinin and citric acid.

The invention is directed toward a spill- and leak-proof container for floriculture items including cut flowers, stems, other horticultural items, and the like. More specifically, the invention includes a receptacle having funnel-like primary closure. The funnel-like primary closure includes a wider opening generally adjacent to and contiguous with the mouth of the receptacle. The narrower opening of the funnel-like primary closure is positioned in the interior of the receptacle. A secondary closure atop the wider opening of the primary closure ensures no liquid can spill.

Sanitizing Container and Display is an assembly for maintaining and displaying potted plants, cut flowers and flower arrangements in hospitals, home or other environments where immunocompromised patients or those who suffer allergic disease live. This closed plant-holding container is provided with a air filtered ventilation system that establishes adequate air circulation to the plants while filters the chamber out-flow air and clear out any potential harmful microbe, dust, allergen or fumes from chamber out-flow air that would be dangerous for those patients who lacks normal immune protection or are allergic to plant and flower allergens. This enclosed chamber also is provided with an artificial light source for illumination of the plants or flowers. The object of this invention was to create a completely sealed chamber that makes it possible for immunsuppressed patients or those with sever allergic disease to enjoy the loveliness of these natural beauties in their living environment.

The invention belongs to the technical field of plant cultivation and breeding and discloses a method for screening a variety with the highest nitrogen use ratio from various cut-flower chrysanthemum varieties, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) acquiring a water planting seedling; b) performing the sandy culturing primary screening: dividing the water planting seedling into two groups, performing the low-nitrogen treatment on one group while performing the normal nitrogen treatment on the other group, respectively measuring the screening indexes of each variety containing the relative dry weight, relative nitrogen content and relative chlorophyll content, and then screening 2 to 6 varieties with higher nitrogen use ratio and 2 to 6 varieties with lower nitrogen use ratio for the purpose of performing comparison; and c) performing the nutrient solution cultivating repeated screening: cultivating the varieties screened from the step b) in the nutrient solution, and repeatedly screening one variety with the highest nitrogen use ratio and one variety with the lowest nitrogen use ratio. The cut-flower chrysanthemum variety which is finally screened by using the method is used for further improving the existing cut-flower chrysanthemum variety and providing the material for researching the biological characteristics and the physiologic biochemical system of the cut-flower chrysanthemum variety.