Cure is a natural floral preservative that has been specially formulated to protect cut flowers from disintegration and oxidation.

Cure is non-toxic and contains only organic plant-based ingredients, including soluble plant fibre and cellobiose, a tasteless, colourless and odourless component of cellulose. Our cellobiose is derived from high purity hemp fibre.

Directions

1. Add contents to room temperature water (25ºC) at a 1:1 ratio / half strength
2. Drench freshly harvested flowers with solution.  Best achieved by fully immersing flowers in a container of the solution and gently pressing down to squeeze out air bubbles.
3.  Remove from container and drain off excess solution using a strainer.  Drain time may vary depending on volume/type of flowers being prepared.  15-30 mins will suffice.
4.  Place drained flowers in a single layer on an airing rack.  Flowers need to be quickly dried (2-4 days) in a sealed room with dehumidifiers & oscillating fans to generate a flow of warm dry air.  Air temp should be kept above 27.5ºC at all times.

Best Practice Drying Method

For optimal results, Floraltec’s recommended best practice drying method should be followed using a fully sealed drying room, several oscillating fans & a dehumidifiers. Use duct tape to seal all gaps or drafts in room. Generally, one small household dehumidifier will be enough to extract moisture from the yield of a small number of plants.

Arrange flowers on airing rack in drying room then turn on your dehumidifier (at its highest setting) & oscillating fans. Seal the drying room using your duct tape & leave the dehumidifier & fan running until flowers are dry.

Air temperature inside the drying room should be kept above 27.5ºC (81.5ºF) at all times. Rapid airflow of warm, dry air is necessary to prevent mould spores germinating. Expect to see the relative humidity inside the room to rise to between 80-100% within the first 12-24hrs as the dehumidifier starts extracting the moisture from the air.

The objective is to dry your flowers as quickly as reasonably possible, therefore your flowers should be at least ¾ of the way to being dry within 36-48 hrs & your relative humidity inside the drying room should have drop down to below 50%. If process is taking longer than 72 hrs then you need to be increasing the airflow & speeding up the process via more fans, more heaters or another dehumidifier.