Here are some easy directions to help you prepare for your rose delivery:
| 1. What to expect: |
Your roses will arrive in cartons similar to these:
- The white carton on the right holds four, five or six dozen roses.
- The white carton on the left holds about 8 dozen roses.
- The larger, brown cartons hold 20, 30, or 35 dozen roses.
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| Each bunch (one dozen) comes already sleeved with our cellophane sleeve and wrapped in brown corrugated paper. They will have ice-paks around the stems and to prevent over heating and shredded paper to prevent damage in transit. |
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In each carton you receive, you will find the following in a plastic bag in the carton:
- Pouch with a small ziplock envelope with a red rose label containing 1 tablet of M’shaper 6 water treatment to mix and put into the buckets and a sheet of instructions for preparing your roses.
- 1 packet of “Spring” rose food (blue packets) to be distributed with each dozen roses
- a beautiful and useful M&M Roses bookmark to be distributed with each dozen roses
- a sheet of instructions to be distributed with each dozen roses.
- a few of our brochures
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| 2. What you need |
In order to handle your roses quickly, you should prepare the following:
- One 2.5 gallon bucket for every 8 - 10 bunches of roses
- Gloves (leather palms are best)
- Pruning shears (crossover, not anvil type)
- A Stanley Knife
- 2.5 Cup measuring cup
- 1/4 Cup measuring cup (1/2 shown )
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| 3. Handling your roses: for best results, work in the following order |
Mixing the rose food:
- spread the opening of the ziplock bag and drop the tablet into 2.5 cups of water
- try to avoid touching the M”shaper 6 tablet. It contains bleach
- You will use 1/2 Cup of this concentrated solution for each bucket in a few minutes.
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- Put about three inches (about 1/2 gallon) of HOT tap water into a bucket. It is important that the roses be put in hot water. Fill each bucket only as you need it
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add 1/2 cup of the M’shaper 6 mixture (in the 2.5 cup measuring cup) to each bucket.
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Cutting the stems:
- Cut approximately one inch off the end of the stems.
- Please note: THIS IS A CRUCIAL STEP! Failing to cut at least one inch could result in your roses wilting prematurely
- The roses you receive are more than one inch longer than the length you ordered
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Open the packaged roses:
- Remove the corrugated paper by cutting the tape with the Stanely knife (careful ! the knife is sharp. Cut away from your hand)
- If you simply pull the protective paper off the bunch you will damage the buds causing brown marks to appear after a day or two.
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Almost done, now.
- Put the bunch of roses into the bucket of hot water
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| You’re done! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to e-mail us: ask a question |
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| A Satisfied groupIf you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to e-mail us: questions@israelrose.com |
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