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  [APPLAUSE] 
    
  >>> BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, 
    
  COMING UP, VALENTINE'S DAY.
    
  THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS AS 
    
  MEN GET THE WOMEN OUR LOVE 
    
  FLOWERS.
    
  AND WHEN WE GET FLOWERS, WE 
    
  WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY LAST AS 
    
  LONG AS POSSIBLE.
    
  JOINING US TODAY DISCARDING 
    
  EXPERT GINNY ROSENKRANZ.
    
  GINNY, HOW ARE YOU?
    
  FINE, AND IT BROUGHT SOME 
    
  FRIENDS FOR YOU.
    
  >> YOU DID DRINK SOME FRIENDS.
    
  THIS WILL HELP ME HELP THE 
    
  AUDIENCE MAKE THE FLOWERS LAST 
    
  AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
    
  >> RIGHT, WHEN YOU GIVE A 
    
  FLOWER, IT'S MORE THAN JUST 
    
  THIS IS SOMETHING PRETTY, IT'S 
    
  MORE OF AN EXPRESSION OF I 
    
  REALLY APPRECIATE WHATEVER 
    
  YOU'RE DOING FOR ME.
    
  >> AND I'M CURIOUS THOUGH, THIS 
    
  TIME OF YEAR WHEN IT'S ALMOST 
    
  VALENTINE'S DAY, IS THERE LIKE 
    
  A MOST POPULAR FLOWER?
    
  >> AT VALENTINE'S DAY, IT'S 
    
  USUALLY RED ROSES, BUT YOU 
    
  KNOW, THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE 
    
  THE CHOICE.
    
  LIKE I LOVE CARNATIONS BECAUSE 
    
  THEY ARE SO FRAGRANT AND MORE 
    
  AFFORDABLE, TOO.
    
  SO THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF 
    
  THINGS, TO GO AHEAD AND CHOOSE 
    
  FROM.
    
  >> SO LET'S TALK MAKING THESE 
    
  FLOWERS LAST, WHAT ARE SOME 
    
  TIPS YOU HAVE FIRST?
    
  >> OKAY.
    
  THE FIRST THING IS WE START 
    
  WITH A BASIC CONTAINER, IT 
    
  DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF 
    
  CONTAINER IT IS.
    
  LIKE FOR INSTANCE, 1/4, MAKE 
    
  SURE IT IS TOTALLY CLEAN.
    
  I RUN MINE THROUGH THE 
    
  DISHWASHER, THAT I BLEACH THEM 
    
  AND RINSE THEM OUT REAL GOOD TO 
    
  GET RID OF ALL OF THE BACTERIA.
    
  YOU START OFF WITH GETTING 
    
  CLEAN WATER, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO 
    
  BE FILTERED, BUT CLEAN WATER.
    
  >> AND COLD.
    
  >> HOW MUCH WATER YOU PUT IN 
    
  THE BASICALLY.
    
  >> I USUALLY STARTED TWO 
    
  THIRDS, AND THEN THERE IS MORE 
    
  ROOM FOR FLOWERS.
    
  AND WHENEVER YOU PLAY WITH 
    
  FLOWERS, LIKE I WILL PULL OUT 
    
  THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, YOU WANT 
    
  TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE ALL OF 
    
  THE STEMS AND LEAVES.
    
  >> THE LEASE AND THINGS?
    
  >> YES, IF THEY ARE LEFT IN THE 
    
  WATER, THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING 
    
  TO ROT AND DIE, THEN THE 
    
  BACTERIA WILL FILL THAT UP AND 
    
  IT LOOKS REALLY GRUNGY.
    
  >> AND IT DOESN'T LOOK AS 
    
  APPEALING, I'M SURE.
    
  >> NO, IT DOESN'T.
    
  >> NOW WHEN YOU GET THE 
    
  FLOWERS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO 
    
  THEM, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE 
    
  SUPPOSED TO DO THEM, BUT THERE 
    
  IS A TIP THAT IS BETTER THAN 
    
  JUST CUTTING IT IN THE AIR?
    
  >> WELL FIRST OF ALL, SINCE I 
    
  HAVE WATER I WILL ADD SOME 
    
  FLOUR FRESH.
    
  WHAT IS NICE IS WHEN YOU ADD 
    
  THIS STUFF RIGHT HERE, IT IS 
    
  KIND OF TO BE IN THIS ONE, BUT 
    
  IT HAS FLOWERS STILL NEED TO 
    
  HAVE CARBOHYDRATES JUST AS WE 
    
  DO, AND IT ALSO HAS THEM IN 
    
  THAT IT KIND OF REDUCES THE 
    
  ALKALINITY OR THE ACIDITY.
    
  >> A LOT OF FLOWERS AND 
    
  BOUQUETS COME WITH THESE 
    
  PACKETS?
    
  >> AND THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU PUT 
    
  IN?
    
  >> YES, AND THEY COME IN ALL 
    
  DIFFERENT COLORS AND THAT KIND 
    
  OF STUFF.
    
  SO WHEN YOU DO IT ESPECIALLY 
    
  ROSES.
    
  THEY NEEDED THE MOST.
    
  LET ME GRAB A ROSE RIGHT HERE, 
    
  HOLD THIS ONE FOR ME.
    
  HERE WE GO, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO 
    
  IS THIS ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN 
    
  THE LEAST, SO THAT IS GOOD.
    
  YOU WANT TO CUT THE STEM 
    
  UNDERWATER.
    
  >> WHY DO YOU DO THAT?
    
  >> OKAY, IF I CUT IT UP IN THE 
    
  AIR LIKE THIS, THE FIRST THING 
    
  THAT GOES UP THE STEM IS AIR, 
    
  AND THAT THERE IS AN AIR POCKET 
    
  THEY'RE NOT.
    
  SO EVEN THOUGH IT HAS WATER, 
    
  THE AIR POCKET WILL CONTINUE TO 
    
  GO UP.
    
  IT WAS IT IS SYSTEM APPEAR ARE 
    
  THE TOP OF THE FLOUR, IT WILL 
    
  COLLAPSE ON YOU.
    
  SO IF YOU PUT IT UNDERWATER AND 
    
  CUT IT UNDERWATER LIKE THAT, 
    
  THAT IS PERFECT.
    
  >> AND THAT IS THE FIRST THING 
    
  GOING IN THE STEM IS WATER AND 
    
  NOT HER?
    
  >> EXACTLY, THEN YOU CAN TAKE 
    
  IT OUT, AND THAT'S FINE.
    
  THEN THE OTHER THING YOU WANT 
    
  TO DO IS PUT IT AT AN ANGLE, SO 
    
  INSTEAD OF DOING IT LIKE THAT, 
    
  IF IT LANDS ON THE BOTTOM OF 
    
  THE VASE, 
    
  >> AS HE.
    
  >> IT WILL BASICALLY PLUG IT 
    
  OUT.
    
  SO IF YOU CUT IT AT AN ANGLE 
    
  UNDERWATER, IT HAS A LOT MORE 
    
  SURFACE AREA.
    
  LET ME GET THAT.
    
  >> THAT'S OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE 
    
  TO CLEAN IT UP.
    
  >> THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE 
    
  SURFACE AREA THERE, TOO.
    
  >> AND REAL FAST, YOU SAID TO 
    
  CUT OFF THESE LITTLE THINGS?
    
  >> YES.
    
  >> WHAT ARE THEY?
    
  >> YES, THESE LILIES ALWAYS 
    
  HAVE THESE ANSWERS WHICH ARE 
    
  THE PART OF THE FLOUR THIS IS 
    
  OKAY, I WILL MAKE SURE 
    
  EVERYTHING IS POLLINATED.
    
  AS SOON AS A FLOWER OPENS, IF 
    
  YOU COULD JUST PULL THESE OFF, 
    
  AND BE SURE YOU WERE EITHER 
    
  GLOVES OR PULL THEM OFF TO WIPE 
    
  YOUR HANDS FOR WELL BECAUSE 
    
  THEY ARE BROWN, THAT SAID TO 
    
  THE FLOWERS THAT I DON'T HAVE 
    
  TO DO ANYTHING SO THEY LAST 
    
  LONGER.
    
  >> OF THIS KEEP SOME FRESH 
    
  LONGER?
    
  >> YES.
    
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