In these unusual times when a microscopical virus has bring the world to its knees , we ’ve had to go back to the basics we were told as kid : Wash your hands , and sing Happy Birthday twice for unspoilt measure . Kill those microbe !
When devise reduce flowers for shipping , hygienics is just as essential . If provide to lot , bacterium and fungus can cause serious damage to flowers pre and post harvest . They slow or block pee intake , hinder opening , and stop with prematurely yellow and wilting of flowers and leaves . Growers gift importantly in multiple solvent for the bucketful pee , dipping , and spraying , but often do n’t go down to the most simple horizontal surface : the sanitisation of facilities , buckets , and containers themselves . Regardless of the method acting used to insure water stays clean while the flowers are in it , it ’s good to keep harmful microorganisms from even appearing in the first stead .
Effects of biocide discourse on the stage of bacterium in vase resolution . Credit : The Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce , The Volcani Research Center , Israel .
At Gadot Agro in Israel , they have create their own lines of the T.O.G and LongLIfe position harvest treatments , for a range of solutions used by agriculturist in geographic region as divers as Kenya , Colombia , and China , and they are happy to answer any specific questions or tackle any unprecedented problem you may be experiencing together with scientist and agronomist .
But right now , they ’d like to divvy up with you exactly what your grandma would say ( if you bothered to ask her ) before you even take the flowers in for processing . Using T.O.G 6 , a highly stabilize atomic number 17 solution , mix with plain detergent to scratch the buckets well , will already make a difference and spare you future worry .
The first alternative is to apply an automated rotating clash bucket washer to scrape out the accumulated constitutional material with T.O.G 6 solution at 0.1 % and detergent , then rinse out with light water .
The second choice is to submerge the bucketful in detergent to remove the organic deposit manually , then utilise T.O.G 6 at 0.1 % , then rinse out with clean water . In both cases , buckets should then be hang out top down at a 30 level angle to dry out completely , before being stacked .
Sanitation with T.O.G 6 by Gadot AgroThis is the first step of many in the methodically planned protocols developed for each flower species , variety , time of year , climatical conditions , water quality , storage temperature , and other parameters that may dissemble the process , continue the intact range of mountains from farm to vase . At every stage where flower amount into contact with any container at the farm , unpacker , wholesaler , supermarket , florist , or any other point of sale , all the path to the home , the caller has just the right mathematical product in their specialised T.O.G and LongLife lines . Remember : Make certain there is no outside origin of contaminant in your containers . right sanitation is the key .
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