Floward lesson 2 (14 december 2021)

Chrysal Training Floward 14 december Flower boxes arrives

Lucas Jansen • InfoFlowersPlants • Floweracademy.NL • Floweracademy.TV

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The coolchain of flowers:  Breeder  Producers / growers: – world wide assortment

 Transporter  OZ-Export: package products  Transport by plane  Arrive Floward: care + handling  Online sales Floward web shops  Happy consumers Floward education plan

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Flowers ready to package in boxes at OZ=export Floward education plan

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Very important: cool chain Pallets with flowers

Quality of flowers which arrives depending on  How cold the flowers goes into the box  How is the cool chain  Way of stacking / pelletizing  Will temperature increase or decrease?  Flowers produce heat by themselves  How long the product / box will be on the road  What material to put in the box to prevent heat / cold temperature 4

What happens in a box when temperature increase?  Products will get more ripe  Some products will curve stems – Specially some typical products  More evaporation = – loss of moisture – = loss of quality  More condensation = – higher change on Botrytis  Ethylene influence = – products get quick older Floward education plan

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Ripenes: Lilium Transport to warm

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Internal and external environment in a box

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Ventilation is important to get cold air around flowers

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Heating flowers will result in waste

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Curved stems due to too warm transport

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Condensation in boxes gives Botrytis

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Quality Check after delivering Floward  Quantity  Size / length  Diseases: – specially Botrytis

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On the sticker its on what is in the box  S1 = length of flowers  S2 = – how many buds – Weight – Etc

 Quality group: – AA – A1 – A2

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Quality Groups in flowers  AA = super best quality  the purchasers of OZ select this flowers from the best growers in the most best quality you can have

 A1 = very good quality  It’s an quality group used in the whole business  Quality of products is without any negative comments  Most of the products of OZ are sold in A1 quality

 A2 = quality ok  Its ok quality but some small comments can be on the products. By example: – – – –

Some flowers have curved stems Flowers are not uniform Some leaves have leave tips Etc

 B1 = Not sold by OZ – quality most of the time not ok

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S-codes: app floribook

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Sprecification codes: in app floribook

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Controle boxes

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Conclusion: Cool chain very important  A cool start at OZ export  During flight  After arriving in Floward – Directly in cold store after treat ment – Measure temperature en humidity

 Advice: keep flowers cool and dry Floward education plan

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Sensitive flowers

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Flowers are packed in different sizes of boxes  It depends in the type of product which box is used for which product.  Depends on: – Sensitivity – Heavy or light flowers – Fragile flowers

 Cold sensitivity of flowers  Fixed amounts of flowers in a box is the best – By example: Astilbe always with 200 stems / box Floward education plan

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Flowers are packed in different sizes of boxes

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Flowers are sometimes: light, heavy, fragile Heavy

Light

Fragile

Iris

Eustoma = Lisianthus

Helianthus

Hyacinthus

Bouvardia

Ornithogalum

Tulipa

Astilbe

Eremurus

Lilium

Lathyrus

Lilium Longiflorum

Statice = Limonium

Alstroemeria

Allium

Solidago

Delphinium

Leucospermum

Groen

Calla = Zantedeschia

Celosia

Gladiolus

Viburnum

Protea

Hortensia = Hydrangea

Rosa

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Breakage sensitive products 

Following products are sensitive: – Agapanthus – Germini – Zantedeschia / Calla – Antirrhinum – Hydrangea syn. Hortensia – Dahlia – Allium – Leucospermum – Celosia – Ornithogalum (specially O. saundersiae and arabicum)

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Cold sensitieve flowers Not in cold store! 

The following products are cold sensitive: – Anthurium flowers + leafs – Euphorbia – Curcuma – Heliconia – Some leaf species:  Monstera  Philodendron

– Some Orchids a.o.  Vanda  Phalaenopsis  Paphiopedilum

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They get extra attention during packaging with special aluminium bags Floward education plan

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Cold damage Anthurium

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Some backgrounds: Botrytis

Botrytis

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Botrytis grows specially when: Condensation in (unperforated) cellophane

Warmth in packaging

When the product is moistly packaged

When temperature is higher is goes more quick

When humidity is to high

Temperature changes in the chain

When product is spryed awith water

When during handling products get wet / moisture: • Wet / moisture tables etc 30

Before flowers go into a box  Blow dry with an air pistol

 Sensitive flowers wrapped in paper

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How to recognize Botrytis?  Botrytis is a fungi: – The spores are in the air,  specially in spaces which are not clean

– The spores start only to grow when there is an optimum in temperature and humidity  RV higher then 70 - 80 % is risky

– You can find it on:  flowers and plants and on each part of a product – Flower, stems, leaves – How more soft a product is how higher is the risk

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Prevent Botrytis is important Give

Give enough ventilation

Take

Take flowers out of the boxes after they arrived

Prevent

Prevent changing of temperatures • Condensation makes a high humidity in cellophanes

Spray

Never spray flowers with water

Never

Never give water over the head of the flowers

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Perforated folie + sleeves

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Bigger holes are better

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Botrytis Rosa

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Botrytis in Rosa

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Botrytis after 5-7 days The grey mold is very infective

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Botrytis Gerbera

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Botrytis Dianthus 45

Thanks you for your attention!

Flowers make happy

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Lucas Jansen • InfoFlowersPlants • Floweracademy.NL • Floweracademy.TV