Method of prolonging the life or beauty of cut flowers

Cut flowers are intimately contacted with water containing a catalytically effective amount of a novel catalyst to prolong their life or beauty. In a preferred variant, the water may also contain water soluble catalyst treated lignite. The catalyst is prepared by a process including the steps of adm...

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Hauptverfasser:	WILLARD, SR., JOHN WESLEY
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ADHESIVES AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES CHEMISTRY CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED DYES FERTILISERS FERTILISERS PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE FERTILISING FISHING FORESTRY HORTICULTURE HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING INORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C MANUFACTURE THEREOF MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE METALLURGY MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS NATURAL RESINS PAINTS PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS PLANTING POLISHES PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF SOWING TRAPPING WATERING
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Zusammenfassung:	Cut flowers are intimately contacted with water containing a catalytically effective amount of a novel catalyst to prolong their life or beauty. In a preferred variant, the water may also contain water soluble catalyst treated lignite. The catalyst is prepared by a process including the steps of admixing a water soluble alkali metal silicate with an aqueous medium containing carefully controlled amounts of water soluble substances which are sources of calcium ion and magnesium ion, reacting the same to produce an aqueous colloidal suspension of the reaction product, admixing a micelle forming surfactant with the aqueous medium, and agitating the aqueous medium containing the colloidal particles and surfactant to form catalyst-containing micelles. The preparation of the novel catalyst and the water soluble catalyst treated lignite is described in detail hereinafter.