Gerber Daisy BM Bouquet

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Good Morning all! I need some advice/support regarding the creation of a gerber daisy bouquet for a wedding.

We have been told to wet a chenille stem and gently guide it up through the bottom of the stem for support. However, we always seem to get "stuck" about halfway up the stem....are we doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance!:)
 
I've never tried that. I use gerbera daisies alot for BM bouquets. I have used them in August and September and you know how hot it is in the South during those months. Sometimes if I am really worried about the gerbera I will take a wrapped wire ( just half the length) pull the tape back with my nail so the wire is exposed about a 1/4 or and inch and insert it into the head of the gerbera. But like I said, I've never had any problems with em. Just make sure you put them back into water after you make and tie your bouquet off.
 
taylors_tulips said:
Good Morning all! I need some advice/support regarding the creation of a gerber daisy bouquet for a wedding.

We have been told to wet a chenille stem and gently guide it up through the bottom of the stem for support. However, we always seem to get "stuck" about halfway up the stem....are we doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance!:)
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Why in God's name would you be doing that??? Are these to be hand tied bouquets?
 
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I usually wire and tape the few gerbs I'll need to place a certain way in the bouquet (those I'll need to bend the heads, or orient a different way). The other gerbs are just placed as is in the hand tieds...

I find this is the best way to make the bouquet look great. I'm doing those bouquets later this week for an all-gerb wedding.

I hope this helps!
Julie
 
Lally's Bouquet said:
I usually wire and tape the few gerbs I'll need to place a certain way in the bouquet (those I'll need to bend the heads, or orient a different way). The other gerbs are just placed as is in the hand tieds...

I find this is the best way to make the bouquet look great. I'm doing those bouquets later this week for an all-gerb wedding.

I hope this helps!
Julie
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That's all I do as well. I wouldn't attempt to put anything up the stem. I think you will cause more harm than good. I just make sure I keep them hydrated up until delivery and if you are worried about after, then use something like blumeboxes or a fun vase to promote using a water source. It's a good way to get the girls to keep the flowers in water when they aren't being held. Good luck!
 
I agree with the Posh, only wire when absolutely necessary and I use Quick Dip to help hydrate the Geberas. Also us ethe blumboxes to delivery in so they are in water.
 
lori042499 said:
Why in God's name would you be doing that???
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:rofl: I'm sorry, but Lori made me laugh.

But I have heard about the chenille trick as a wick for moisture when using an oasis bouquet holder yet the flower stem is much shorter. I use a one inch piece of chenille for each carnation when I'm making orbs. The carns have less of a tendency to slip back out. I don't like to use floral-lock - I'm spraying my fingers half the time....
 
I am so glad to hear you girls are using blumb box's I just love them.. I have sold a ton this year as a add on for the maids bouquets, I give the bride hers in one.. I love to decorate them..:tongue
 
wiring gerbs

I sometimes wire gerbs, but I use a 21 guage wire(not chenile) and I insert it from the top(center) and push it as far down the stem as I can. Then I cut the wire and use the tip of my snips to push the end of the wire into the fluff of the center of the gerb. It has worked well for me,you can lose a few blooms in the learning curve , but I'm about 9.75 for 10 now. It can be a little interesting at first, but just "let the force be with you". I find that if I can get it about 6-8 inches down the stem that's the part that wimps over. What the heck is a blumb box????
best wishes mrflowermarket
 
We always wire (and tape) gerbs - found the straws to be too obvious.

No - We never wire roses.
 
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Lori, you made me laugh.......

"Wicking" with a chenille stem is an old-time trick -----
we have used it on Mini Callas, on a hot day, that need to go into a bouquet holder, and the stems are a little fragile. also works on gerbers well. (as long as you are using the stems short...have never had much luck with putting a chenille stem up a long gerber stem for hand-tieds.)

Used to use them for roses, and rose corsages -- before the advent of water stems/corsage stems & now, wonderful glue!!

Sometimes, it pays to be old, and to have trained under someone who knew "all the tricks of the trade".

Always learning, always trying new things, never forgetting the old ways, and sometimes modifing them to fit the situation.

Regards,
Cheryl
 
mrflowermarket said:
I sometimes wire gerbs, but I use a 21 guage wire(not chenile) and I insert it from the top(center) and push it as far down the stem as I can. Then I cut the wire and use the tip of my snips to push the end of the wire into the fluff of the center of the gerb. It has worked well for me,you can lose a few blooms in the learning curve , but I'm about 9.75 for 10 now. It can be a little interesting at first, but just "let the force be with you". I find that if I can get it about 6-8 inches down the stem that's the part that wimps over. What the heck is a blumb box????
best wishes mrflowermarket
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its a great box to put water into and deliver to your brides.. I started using them last year really a cute way to deliver the maids always love them..

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I use a taped 21 guage wire.....insert just the tip of the wire into the gerbera calyx and lay the wire along side the stem and then wrap with light green floratape.

I too have been in the industry long enough to remember chenille stem for corsages.
 
I wire and tape gerbers, and have used the chenille stems on shorter ones in bouquets. I have also used the chenille stems with mini callas, and daffodils in oasis. Once in desparation, with stephanotis. When all else fails, a little yankee ingenuity can save the day.
 
CHERYL BAKIN said:
Lori, you made me laugh.......

"Wicking" with a chenille stem is an old-time trick -----
we have used it on Mini Callas, on a hot day, that need to go into a bouquet holder, and the stems are a little fragile. also works on gerbers well. (as long as you are using the stems short...have never had much luck with putting a chenille stem up a long gerber stem for hand-tieds.)

Used to use them for roses, and rose corsages -- before the advent of water stems/corsage stems & now, wonderful glue!!

Sometimes, it pays to be old, and to have trained under someone who knew "all the tricks of the trade".

Always learning, always trying new things, never forgetting the old ways, and sometimes modifing them to fit the situation.

Regards,
Cheryl
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Oh, I have used them myself for short stuff for wicking, but not on long stems....That was the main way we did stph before the stemsons...
 
RWK said:
I use a taped 21 guage wire.....insert just the tip of the wire into the gerbera calyx and lay the wire along side the stem and then wrap with light green floratape.

I too have been in the industry long enough to remember chenille stem for corsages.
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This ie the method I have always used as well without any problems.

I remember as a kid summer work was making a corsage backs in mass, using chenille stems, silk leaves and tulle. Made in many different colors, pinned inside tissue lined flower boxes. When prom or holiday corporate parties season came up all you had to do was pop a couple carnation heads on the chenille stems, tie on the bow, (also tied in mass and stored in boxes) bag it, box it and pin the order to the end of the corsage box and stack alphabetical. I still have all the old school design books somewhere. Been tearing everything up since yesterday looking for them.
 
greatflowerlady said:
its a great box to put water into and deliver to your brides.. I started using them last year really a cute way to deliver the maids always love them..

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Mmmm...they are cute, they are called "vox" boxes here, it is standard practice here to send out hand-tied bouquets in water-filled boxes, great for hospitals etc. but to brides?? Are you not at all worried about water dribbling over the front of the bride's $10,000.00 dress?????? as she pulls the bouquet out of a water?

As for gerbera, buy from a reputable grower/wholesaler and you should not have to wire them at all but then again I've been spoiled with the Dutch ones. Otherwise wire method as discussed earlier, never tried chenille.
 
greatflowerlady said:
no I dont fill the box up very far with water the bride knows it has water in it..:confused:
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Sorry, just one of those things I was taught to never, ever do, as even a dribble can ruin a dress and stems can dribble/weep long after they are pulled out of water, wet green stems can also smear a dress, always towel dry stems before we ribbon a bouquet and then send in a gift box, :flower:
 
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