Commercial Floriculture

Why immediately after harvest flower stalk ends should be kept under water?

• Cut stem is a living entity, deprived of natural source of water further,
• The flowering buds require water for opening and
  
• The turgidity of the floral parts and cut stem depends on water absorption by the stem, to meet water loss through transpiration,
  
• To avoid plugging of xylem vessels caused due to micro organisms and
  
• To avoid air bubbles block in the xylem vessels.
  
• The physical blockage of xylem vessels leads to decrease in water uptake by the stem tending towards senescence.