Commercial Floriculture

Packing

• Packing should be functional, economical and attractive besides being acceptable in markets.
• Harvested flower should be given cold treatment before packing.
• Corrugated cardboard boxes are the proper packing materials for distant market.
• The growers also use small bags made out of fertilizer bag material to bring flowers of jasmine to the market.
• Wholesalers pack flowers in bamboo baskets.
• They are packed so as to maintain some moisture and air circulation in the baskets.
• Water is sprinkled on the newspapers covering the inside of the basket.
• The top is covered with paper again and closed with a bamboo basket cover or gunny stack which is stitched at the edges.