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have you all tried the pills for gerbera, how are you finding them?

One of my customers buys mini gerbs every other week for bud vases in her salon. I always give the girls a pill when they collect the flowers (bit embarrasing, me being a male!). Couple of weeks ago one of the girls commented that she had made up the treated water but had run out just before filling the last vase, so she used plain tap water in that one. By the end of the week, that one gerbera was flagging, but all the others were still looking good. Speaks for itself really and not hard to test it yourself the same way.

I Think I Need Loads For My Gerberas And Moody Bouvardia, Must Find A Supplier , Wonder If They Do Bulk For Sunny Worthing, Freezing Cold Here Today!!!!:d

I guess you could indeed buy in bulk...as a tub of 1000 pills is circa £30, you could probably buy a dozen if you have a spare £360. lying around

it shows how slow we are down here i have just heard of them !!! hope they work

Have noticed you can now buy smaller packs of gerbera pills. I bought the big tub of 1,000 but it takes so long to get through them (at that price you don't throw them about) if you're not careful and the moisture gets into the tub, they start to break up and you're left with a tub of granules/powder. I've now put some sachets of silica gel in the tub to try and slow it down (those little packets that come in things you buy) The simple act of using your fingers to take one of the pills out is going to add moisture, so really should use tweezers!

Have seen them but haven't tried them yet one florist near us get the gerb in takes them out of box/racket wires them cuts and into water hate a wire gerb think if properly conditioned shouldn't need wired

a florist i worked at tested them and they found no notice in lasting from the gerberas with a pill to the ones without.

on the subject of tests.. i am doing a little test with some roses to find out if it really does make a difference cutting the ends and putting them in water quickly

When when you cut your stems on a handtied, by the time you have put the cello on the bottom, put the bow on it, and filled it up with water whether the roses ends would have sealed up.

I'll let you know what happens, but upto now the rose i didn't even cut at all, is surviving pretty well

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I didn't used to wire gerberas i always though it looked a bit rubbish but in the last year so many customers have started asking for them wired that I wire them all now and they are so much easier to work with because they always go where you want them to, I wish sunflowers did the same!

Yes sunflowers are a nuisance in handties