What's the name of the green thing that is usually put in the flower basket? It is soft and can store water.

flower mud.

Flower paste, also called flower spring or absorbent sponge, is a flower arrangement product made of phenolic plastic foam. Like flower insert, it is a special appliance for fixing and supporting flower materials. It is shaped like a rectangular brick, light as foam, mostly dark green in color, and heavy as lead after absorbing water. It is indispensable for inserting flower baskets and using wide-mouthed shallow-body flower devices.

before use, cut it into blocks of moderate size. Then, soak them in water and take them out after sufficient water absorption. Pay attention to real-time, otherwise it will affect the quality of flower arrangement. Filter the excess water and you can use it. Insert the flower arrangement directly into the middle, and the depth should be half of the height.

The main classification of flower paste

One is the foam flower arrangement paste specially used for inserting flowers after absorption, which has green, pink, blue and brown colors, and some also contain preservatives. After flower branches are inserted, it is not only stable, but also keeps warm, moist and fresh. It is produced in foreign countries, Hongkong and Taiwan Province, and only a few domestic manufacturers, such as Wuxi and Peking, produce moisturizing flower mud.

The foam flower arrangement mud for flower preservation is an open-cell foam plastic, which can absorb a lot of water in a short time. Inserting flowers into the water-filled foam can not only fix flowers, but also prolong the preservation time of flowers, so the flower arrangement mud is widely used for the decoration of flower baskets. In addition, the use of flower arrangement mud also facilitates the long-distance transportation of flowers.

after flowers are cut, they are easy to wither if they are not replenished with water and nutrients in time during transportation and preservation. Inserting them into water with fresh-keeping agent can prolong their life by 3-5 days, but the fluidity of water makes it difficult to maintain the shape of flower arrangement and fail to achieve a perfect artistic conception.

Inserting flowers into water-filled flower arrangement mud can not only prolong the life of flowers by one week to half a month, but also fix them. Maintain the beautiful plastic art of flower arrangement, so that the short artistic life of flowers can be extended and sublimated.

main features: large pores, uniform bubbles, low density, odorless, breathable, temperature-resistant, aging-resistant, water-resistant and solvent-resistant; It has great water absorption and retention capacity, and can absorb water dozens of times its own mass when saturated. The paste of flower arrangement sells well in the flower market, and it is a new product with development value. It can effectively prolong the viewing period of flowers, and the product is suitable for making flower arrangement mud and flower culture soil.

The other kind is non-absorbent dried flower paste, which is specially used for inserting dried flowers and making flowers, and has been produced in China. Dried flower arrangement mud is mainly used for inserting dried flowers and hay in hotels and restaurants, and can be shaped into various shapes. Widely used in various grand festivals, weddings, funerals and other floats design, can be reused many times.

it is prepared from polyether polyol, foam stabilizer, catalyst, foaming agent, pore-opening agent and isocyanate, especially after adding pore-opening agent and powdery filler. The elasticity of the product is obviously reduced, the strength is obviously increased, and the product has the characteristics of large opening degree and fragile hole wall, and can be widely used for fixing and supporting inserted artificial flowers, dried flowers and the like.