21-04-2008, 09:20 PM
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Oh Dear
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Originally Posted by Emily
Hi, I have zinc buckets in the stand from IS, we have had them for 3 years now. we do not use any flowerfood as it will react with the buckets, we just change our water regularly and bleach the buckets regulary and have had no problems with flower life at all, we do turn our flowers over very regulary and this all seems to work. we never put cala lilies in the metal buckets tho because the stems go mushy!!!!
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I wondered why our Calla lilies were going all brown and squidgy at the bottom of the stems - plastic buckets for them then!!! Thanks for letting me know!
LilyLady
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