Water uptake and stem weight of harvested inflorescences ofLimonium#x2019;Chorus Magenta#x2019; declined rapidly when the stems were placed in water or a biocide solution, and florets remained open for only c. 5 days after harvest. The decline in water uptake and stem weight was greatly reduced by a 24#x2010;h wetting#x2010;agent pulse treatment of Agral LN or Tween 20 at 0.1 or 1 ml/litre. These treatments extended the period over which flower buds continued to open by c. 5 days. The addition of 50 or 100 g/ litre sucrose to the 24#x2010;h wetting#x2010;agent pulse treatment extended flower bud opening to 16 days. However, the number of open flowers was greater when the wetting#x2010;agent pulse treatment was followed by a 20 g/litre sucrose vase#x2010;solution treatment.
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