Ok, so here's some advice for ya......
The holes go DOWN if you float your oasis (which is the way you are suppose to use oasis!) It literally take 30 seconds or less for INSTANT oasis to fully soak up water when you float it holes side DOWN.
If you insist on Pan gluing your dry oasis in your container before wetting it, be sure the holes are to the side, NOT on top or bottom.
Never ever plunge Oasis.
Sahara is NOT the same as Oasis. Yes, I actually worked for someone who tried to tell me Sahara and Oasis was the same.
If you need to glue Dry oasis, or Sahara for that matter, in the bottom of a glass or crystal container, FIRST put down strips of duct tape in the bottom of the container, Then glue your foam to that. That way after the arrangement is done and over with, OR if the container is expensive, you do not harm the container. you just pull off the foam and remove the tape, easy breezy!
Please, no silly comments of "why not just tape in the oasis". My answer to that is "because sometimes we need a different technique"
Sometimes when you need to slow down the evaporation time of a spray bar you can wrap the bar in plastic wrap, like reynolds cling wrap. Then just poke your flowers into the bar through the wrap.
Trim the corners from your oasis, You don't have to use so much greens when you trim it up.
That's all I can think of for now.
