Gather your trimmed stems up into a little pile in front of you to make creating the bouquet easier. To accelerate the opening of the tiny blooms, rapidly – shake – the freshly cut stems of the bunches up and down in a container of warm flower-food solution. Buds will pop open like miniature popcorn. Some researchers say that adding one teaspoon of bleach per gallon of flower-food solution also can promote bloom opening. cold storage if the blooms are wet and/or if the humidity level in the cooler is too high. Never store containers of Gypsophila in plastic bags for extended periods of time. To create the bouquet you will need to feed the gypsophila stems from one hand to the growing bunch in the other. Depending on your dominant hand, hold a couple of stems in the ‘bunch’ hand and feed the rest of the gypsophila into it, one by one, in a spiralling technique. Aside from these real flowers, there are also faux products. Artificial gypsophila comes in different qualities, with some looking more realistic than others. High-quality faux stems are rarely made of silk any longer, but they are designed and manufactured to look and feel as real as possible, indeed the technology behind faux flower production has come a long way over the years, meaning that it’s no longer a downgrade to go with faux.

The stems of some Gypsophila varieties can become entwined easily and can be damaged if not separated carefully. To untangle stems, hold them upside down, and gently shake them up and down to loosen and separate.As the bunch grows, the stems will appear to spiral around the centre, keeping the overall bunch tight and tidy, and creating a ball of gypsophila flowers on top. If you have big bushy stems, cut these into smaller pieces more suitable for your bouquet – they go a long way! Start by removing the leaves and side shoots from the base of the gypsophila stems. This will give you a clean stem to work with and prevent unsightly, wilting foliage from turning your lovely bouquet into a mess. You want the flowers after all! Gypsophila can be air dried by placing it upright in an empty vase or hanging it upside down in a cool, dry, dark, well-ventilated environment. These flowers also can be preserved in a glycerin/water mixture (one part glycerine to two parts water). Refrigerate baby’s breath at 33 F to 36 F and 90 percent to 94 percent humidity, and allow these flowers to take up water for at least two hours before designing with or selling them.

Make sure you have some string, ribbon or wire cut and ready for when it’s time to tie all the stems together – now you can begin!

When you have all your stems in place, wrap the twine, ribbon or wire around the stems so you have a good solid handle. Depending on what you choose, you may wish to cover it up with a decorative ribbon afterwards. This can be secured into place with a few pins.

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