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Can I use Floralife preservative in my painted buckets?
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Posted by raehelen USDA 7-8 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 3, 08 at 13:11
| I know I'm not supposed to put the Floralife preservative into a metal container, but I just bought these colourful painted floral buckets to display bouquets at the farmer's markets.
Does anyone know if it'll be OK to use the Floralife because these are painted or coated with enamel?
Guess I could do what I usually do, put the Floralife into the plastic buckets I cut in, and transfer bouquets morning of into clear water at the market. Luckily I have a nearby source of fresh water close to the stall. |
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RE: Can I use Floralife preservative in my painted buckets?
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| Don't have a clue Raehelen. However, if you were to think like a flower arranger, you would come up with the solution of putting a liner of some kind into your painted bucket and then put the floralife into that. E.G. you can cut a 2 litre soda bottle in half as a liner and ad infinitum. Hope this helps. Patricia |
RE: Can I use Floralife preservative in my painted buckets?
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| Thanks Patricia, I already had to do that, cuz I used one to display cut flowers for my plant sale from home, and water leaked all over my display bench- frikken thing wasn't watertight! arghh! Anyhow, stuck a glass vase inside, didn't think of the soda pop bottle though! Guess I'll keep my eyes open for plastic buckets to fit inside- not sure how many bouquets would fit inside a pop bottle! |
RE: Can I use Floralife preservative in my painted buckets?
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| Not sure what size you need but many grocery stores with bakeries will have loads of plastic buckets. If they do any cake decorating or baking because frosting and many other baking supplies come in them. They are white and about five gallons. In case you don't know, you should always measure floral preservatives according to the label. Using too little is worse than not using at all. |
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