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>> Mum's the word today on

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"Life in Bloom" --

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chrysanthemum, that is.

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We'll explore the many shapes,

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sizes, and colors of this

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durable, long-lasting flower.

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We'll learn how they're grown.

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I'll show you a fun craft.

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And we'll even have a

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chrysanthemum cocktail.

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Say that three times fast.

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I'm J Schwanke.

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Welcome to "Life in Bloom."

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"Why don't you get a haircut?

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You look like a chrysanthemum."

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Chrysanthemums have always been

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a big part of my life.

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My family started growing them

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as a cut flower way back in the

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early 1900s.

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The chrysanthemum house was an

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impressive backdrop for many

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family photographs.

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This painting was commissioned

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by my great-grandfather for my

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great-grandmother.

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It features chrysanthemums that

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were grown in the greenhouse.

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Chrysanthemums are long-lasting,

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durable flowers.

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At the same time, they have

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certain challenges when it comes

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to growing.

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They naturally bloom when days

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get shorter and nights are

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longer, so we had elaborate

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shade cloths that had to be

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pulled each day over the top of

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the benches to fool the plants

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into thinking it was fall.

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At the same time, when the days

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got too short, we had to light

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them to simulate and stimulate

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blooming.

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Naturally, chrysanthemums

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produce many blooms.

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large bloom on an individual

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stem, you need to disbud.

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Disbudding the plant means

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you're carefully removing the

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buds just as soon as they're

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visible so that all the strength

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goes into one central bud.

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And you get what we used to call

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a football mum, so called

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because we would make homecoming

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corsages out of the large

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Chrysanthemums are composite

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flowers, meaning that the flower

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is made up of hundreds of petals

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that all sprout from the center

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of the bloom.

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the petals around it.

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ding, or otherwise rough up a

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chrysanthemum and knock out a

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few petals, the other petals

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will soon follow suit.

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We used to wax mums by lighting

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a candle and dripping wax on the

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back side of the calyx, thus

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reinforcing the flower before it

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was made into a corsage or

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placed into a bouquet.

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hybridized and created much

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stronger flowers.

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There's also a fun aspect of the

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chrysanthemum -- exploding.

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the table or bench for fun to

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watch it explode.

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This didn't make either my

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parents or my grandparents very

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homecoming football tradition to

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burst your corsage when the home

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team makes its first touchdown.

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showered in mum petals that

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typically were one of the

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home-team colors.

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Now I'll create an arrangement

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reminiscent of my

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great-grandmother's painting.

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I'm using a shallow container,

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so I'll create a gridwork with

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clear waterproof tape.

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flowers in place.

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So you see, there's a lot of

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personal history and experience

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and lots and lots of love that

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goes into my fondness for the

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regal chrysanthemum.

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Spray chrysanthemum are also

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referred to as daisy

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chrysanthemum, buttons, or

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pompons.

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The name chrysanthemum is

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derived from the Ancient Greek

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"chrysos," meaning "gold," and

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"anthemon," meaning "flower."

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Most chrysanthemum species

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originate from East Asia.

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Chrysanthemums were first

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cultivated in China as a

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flowering herb as far back as

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the 15th century BC.

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Chrysanthemums entered American

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horticulture in 1798, when

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Colonel John Stevens imported a

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cultivated variety known as

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Chrysanthemum plants have been

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shown to reduce indoor air

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pollution by the NASA Clean Air

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The chrysanthemum is also the

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I had the pleasure of visiting

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one of the few farms in the

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United States that still

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includes chrysanthemum in the

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mix of flowers they grow --

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Ocean Breeze International.

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The sights and smells of this

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visit reminded me of my

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childhood, largely spent inside

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my family's greenhouses.

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chrysanthemums, plus we grow

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about another seven acres of

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natural mums, callas, the

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colored callas, the miniature

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ones, three acres of hydrangeas.

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Orientals, lilies.

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that we move out of this

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facility, between 30 million to

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35 million stems of product is

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>> And that's a lot of flowers.

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>> So, Rene, tell me how we

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>> After the flowers have been

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cut, we mow the stubble so we

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get nice organic matter back

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into the soil again.

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what we call pasteurization.

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basically, for about four hours.

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feasible, we started putting on

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a blanket on top of that, and

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that has basically cut our

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energy use in half.

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>> Now, you and I -- I love this

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today, 'cause we had a good

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connection point.

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pasteurization, the smell that

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you get when you're cooking the

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dirt.

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>> That's right, that's right.

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>> And you and I, we both like

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remember as a kid being in the

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greenhouses and having that

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smell.

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It's a clean smell.

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It's a memory smell.

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nothing else that smells like

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>> The chrysanthemum is a time

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crop, and that's actually the

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good part about it, because you

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take roses, for instance, okay,

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everybody wants red for

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Valentine, and everybody wants

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pink for Easter, and everybody

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wants yellow for Easter.

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what we have for each holiday.

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in a row at night, and then we

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say, okay, lights off, and then

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it's guaranteed to have blooms

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depending what variety we grow.

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latter part of the year when we

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have enough short days.

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These are called spray mums,

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okay?

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that way we get all the other

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tell me that he would -- He

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always liked us to get in there

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early to get those little buds

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off the sides so that that big

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China mum would come on there.

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>> And you're popping this one

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out of the center so that the

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other shoots come up.

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grandfather said was -- he's

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totally correct.

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less growth will go to the side

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buds.

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for the China mums.

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chrysanthemums, and we need to

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get the center bud out so it

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after disbud, two weeks, we cut

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flowers.

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>> Wow.

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>> So next week Monday, we'll be

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cutting flowers here.

293
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>> But we're all talking about

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disbuds.

295
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>> Disbuds, yes.

296
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Disbuds are Fuji mums.

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They are -- Go ahead.

298
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>> A football mum.

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>> A football mum.

300
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>> A China mum.

301
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>> A China mum.

302
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>> A standard mum.

303
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>> Correct.

304
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>> We got a whole bunch of names

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for them -- a spider.

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We're talking all about the same

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thing.

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>> All disbuds.

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>> All disbuds.

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And the other ones are sprays.

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>> Are sprays, correct.

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>> And a spray is what we also

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call a pompon.

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>> Correct, yes.

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>> Okay.

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>> Yes.

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>> And so this is where they get

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picked.

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>> That's correct, yes.

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So this is 15 weeks from when

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they were planted.

322
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>> Wow.

323
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And so once they're picked, the

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cycle starts all over again.

325
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>> All over again.

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>> Amazing.

327
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Thanks for sharing that with us.

328
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I appreciate being able to see

329
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it.

330
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>> There you go.

331
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It's my pleasure.

332
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♪

333
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>> I'm sure all of you are

334
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familiar with the smiley face

335
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mum.

336
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We used to make these all the

337
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time back in my store in the

338
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'70s.

339
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But I thought today it would be

340
00:11:18,766 --> 00:11:25,033
fun to update that in a fun

341
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project for kids.

342
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We're gonna create emoticon

343
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mums.

344
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We use black pipe cleaners.

345
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And we can create the eyes just

346
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by rolling those pipe

347
00:11:34,066 --> 00:11:45,933
cleaners...

348
00:11:38,466 --> 00:11:48,833
into a circle.

349
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♪

350
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That makes a period.

351
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We can do the same thing.

352
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We'll roll it.

353
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♪

354
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And that makes a comma.

355
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'Cause remember, emoticons are

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based on the symbols from your

357
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keyboard on your phone or

358
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computer.

359
00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:18,966
The next one...

360
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is the letter P.

361
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So we're gonna form that into a

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P.

363
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♪

364
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Next, we're gonna apply these to

365
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the mum itself.

366
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This is a rare exception to one

367
00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:35,266
of my stringent rules.

368
00:12:32,333 --> 00:12:36,800
I tell you never, ever to use

369
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hot glue on fresh flowers,

370
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especially when we're dealing

371
00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:41,800
with corsages or boutonnieres.

372
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But today we're attaching the

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pipe cleaner to the face of the

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mum, and it works best using a

375
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low-temp glue gun.

376
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So we'll start with our P.

377
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We'll glue the glue on the

378
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back...

379
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and place it on the front of the

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mum.

381
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♪

382
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♪

383
00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:25,433
So again, remember, semicolon

384
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and then the capital P.

385
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And that makes the tongue-out

386
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symbol.

387
00:13:26,433 --> 00:13:36,433
We can create all sorts of

388
00:13:28,466 --> 00:13:38,433
different emoticons on the mums.

389
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♪

390
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For years, we've turned our

391
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feelings into flowers.

392
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Emoticons actually allow us to

393
00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:47,933
express our emotions through an

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icon on the computer.

395
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So combining these two is a

396
00:13:47,933 --> 00:13:53,400
modern way for us to tell a

397
00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:55,433
story or share our emotions

398
00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:57,333
through a flower arrangement.

399
00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:59,600
I created some for you today so

400
00:13:55,433 --> 00:14:02,300
you can have some examples.

401
00:13:57,333 --> 00:14:04,533
The heart, which is the

402
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greater-than sign and the 3.

403
00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:09,266
Of course, we've got sad.

404
00:14:04,533 --> 00:14:11,100
There's surprised.

405
00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:13,066
It can even be angry.

406
00:14:09,266 --> 00:14:14,600
So let's create a little bud

407
00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:19,700
vase that incorporates some of

408
00:14:13,066 --> 00:14:21,866
these emoticons.

409
00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:24,033
♪

410
00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:25,800
It's a great way to combine the

411
00:14:21,866 --> 00:14:27,233
smiley face mum with emoticons.

412
00:14:24,033 --> 00:14:27,233
You might even call them

413
00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,233
"emoti-mums."

414
00:14:27,466 --> 00:14:39,666
♪

415
00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:39,666
♪

416
00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:44,600
I had never heard of the

417
00:14:41,433 --> 00:14:46,533
chrysanthemum cocktail, so I had

418
00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:48,833
to investigate.

419
00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:51,600
It turns out it's an

420
00:14:46,533 --> 00:14:54,466
over-century-old cocktail

421
00:14:48,833 --> 00:14:56,133
created in 1916 that was served

422
00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:57,566
on board cruise ships during the

423
00:14:54,466 --> 00:15:00,233
prohibition.

424
00:14:56,133 --> 00:15:02,066
Let's take a look at how this

425
00:14:57,566 --> 00:15:04,100
simple cocktail's made.

426
00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:05,733
This is a relatively simple

427
00:15:02,066 --> 00:15:08,600
recipe, but remember to measure

428
00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:12,000
exactly.

429
00:15:05,733 --> 00:15:14,400
2 ounces of dry vermouth.

430
00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:14,400
1 ounce of Bénédictine.

431
00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,400
3 teaspoons of absinthe.

432
00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:24,100
We'll stir the ingredients...

433
00:15:21,133 --> 00:15:26,100
and strain into a chilled coupe

434
00:15:22,933 --> 00:15:28,133
glass.

435
00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:29,766
The recipe calls for a garnish

436
00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:29,766
with an orange twist, but we'll

437
00:15:28,133 --> 00:15:29,766
also add a chrysanthemum.

438
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,333
It's light and herbal with a

439
00:15:32,533 --> 00:15:41,033
sweet ending.

440
00:15:35,333 --> 00:15:41,033
♪

441
00:15:41,266 --> 00:15:47,200
In this bouquet, I'm including a

442
00:15:42,966 --> 00:15:49,066
variety of chrysanthemum called

443
00:15:44,666 --> 00:15:51,000
Magnum that resemble dahlias.

444
00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:52,400
And I'll show you my special

445
00:15:49,066 --> 00:15:54,466
technique to subtly change up

446
00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:56,300
their color.

447
00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:59,200
The mechanic for today's project

448
00:15:54,466 --> 00:16:01,666
is thinking about your index

449
00:15:56,300 --> 00:16:03,966
finger and thumb as a vase.

450
00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:06,233
And all of the flowers will go

451
00:16:01,666 --> 00:16:07,066
into the vase at a 45-degree

452
00:16:03,966 --> 00:16:09,133
angle and on top of the last

453
00:16:06,233 --> 00:16:11,133
flower.

454
00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:13,900
That's gonna give us a perfect

455
00:16:09,133 --> 00:16:15,433
spiral and a perfect mechanic

456
00:16:11,133 --> 00:16:16,966
for a hand-tied bouquet.

457
00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:18,466
I'm changing the color of this

458
00:16:15,433 --> 00:16:20,333
mum to match the color palette

459
00:16:16,966 --> 00:16:22,400
of this bouquet.

460
00:16:18,466 --> 00:16:24,100
I accomplish this using spray

461
00:16:20,333 --> 00:16:26,166
paint in a well-ventilated area.

462
00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:28,100
It's important to keep the

463
00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:29,700
nozzle 10 to 12 inches away from

464
00:16:26,166 --> 00:16:31,566
the flower to prevent freezing

465
00:16:28,100 --> 00:16:33,533
the petals.

466
00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:35,800
I apply several light coats of

467
00:16:31,566 --> 00:16:45,600
paint, front and back, so I have

468
00:16:33,533 --> 00:16:55,433
control over the depth of color.

469
00:16:35,800 --> 00:17:05,300
♪

470
00:16:45,600 --> 00:17:15,100
♪

471
00:16:55,433 --> 00:17:24,933
♪

472
00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:34,733
♪

473
00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:44,533
♪

474
00:17:24,933 --> 00:17:54,366
♪

475
00:17:34,733 --> 00:18:04,233
♪

476
00:17:44,533 --> 00:18:14,033
♪

477
00:17:54,366 --> 00:18:23,833
♪

478
00:18:04,233 --> 00:18:33,666
♪

479
00:18:14,033 --> 00:18:43,466
♪

480
00:18:23,833 --> 00:18:53,266
♪

481
00:18:33,666 --> 00:19:03,166
♪

482
00:18:43,466 --> 00:19:12,966
♪

483
00:18:53,266 --> 00:19:14,700
♪

484
00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:16,233
♪

485
00:19:12,966 --> 00:19:18,033
I'm creating the base for this

486
00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:19,766
arrangement using a soaked

487
00:19:16,233 --> 00:19:21,833
flower foam wreath, then cutting

488
00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:29,866
and placing soaked flower foam

489
00:19:19,766 --> 00:19:37,866
into the center of the wreath.

490
00:19:21,833 --> 00:19:45,900
♪

491
00:19:29,866 --> 00:19:47,433
♪

492
00:19:37,866 --> 00:19:48,333
♪

493
00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:56,066
Bevel the edges of the flower

494
00:19:47,433 --> 00:20:03,766
foam.

495
00:19:48,333 --> 00:20:05,333
♪

496
00:19:56,066 --> 00:20:06,866
♪

497
00:20:03,766 --> 00:20:08,600
I cut the pompon blooms short

498
00:20:05,333 --> 00:20:09,666
and will cover the center of

499
00:20:06,866 --> 00:20:18,933
this arrangement completely with

500
00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:28,200
flowers.

501
00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:37,433
♪

502
00:20:18,933 --> 00:20:46,700
♪

503
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:55,966
♪

504
00:20:37,433 --> 00:20:57,466
♪

505
00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:59,033
♪

506
00:20:55,966 --> 00:21:01,400
Let's fill in the wreath frame

507
00:20:57,466 --> 00:21:11,166
with a variety of chrysanthemums

508
00:20:59,033 --> 00:21:20,933
in different shapes and sizes.

509
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:30,700
♪

510
00:21:11,166 --> 00:21:40,500
♪

511
00:21:20,933 --> 00:21:50,266
♪

512
00:21:30,700 --> 00:22:00,100
♪

513
00:21:40,500 --> 00:22:09,866
♪

514
00:21:50,266 --> 00:22:19,633
♪

515
00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:29,400
♪

516
00:22:09,866 --> 00:22:39,166
♪

517
00:22:19,633 --> 00:22:48,933
♪

518
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:58,733
♪

519
00:22:39,166 --> 00:23:08,566
♪

520
00:22:48,933 --> 00:23:18,333
♪

521
00:22:58,733 --> 00:23:28,000
♪

522
00:23:08,566 --> 00:23:28,000
♪

523
00:23:18,333 --> 00:23:28,000
♪

524
00:23:28,233 --> 00:23:35,566
♪

525
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:41,000
Chrysanthemums have been a

526
00:23:37,366 --> 00:23:43,600
florist staple for many years

527
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:45,866
due to their obvious positive

528
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:47,833
attributes -- color, durability,

529
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:49,333
and long-lasting properties.

530
00:23:45,866 --> 00:23:50,733
So it's been exciting to look at

531
00:23:47,833 --> 00:23:52,666
them through a new lens.

532
00:23:49,333 --> 00:23:54,466
I hope you have a new

533
00:23:50,733 --> 00:23:55,100
appreciation for one of the most

534
00:23:52,666 --> 00:23:56,833
varied family of flowers that

535
00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:59,933
exists.

536
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:59,933
For "Life in Bloom," I'm

537
00:23:56,833 --> 00:23:59,933
J Schwanke.

538
00:24:00,233 --> 00:24:03,900
Test one, two, three.

539
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,300
>> Are you sure you want to do

540
00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:05,433
this, J?

541
00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:10,800
>> Positive.

542
00:24:05,433 --> 00:24:11,500
Ah, I do my own stunts.

543
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,433
Okay?

544
00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:14,366
We're good?

545
00:24:12,433 --> 00:24:15,400
>> Yep.

546
00:24:14,366 --> 00:24:17,233
>> Come on in!

547
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:22,066
The water's fine!

548
00:24:17,233 --> 00:24:23,766
♪

549
00:24:22,066 --> 00:24:26,533
>> Find your glasses now.

550
00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:28,066
>> I did.

551
00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:28,633
>> Hate to tell you, you said

552
00:24:28,066 --> 00:24:29,866
water...

553
00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:30,366
>> I know I did.

554
00:24:29,866 --> 00:24:31,200
>> I see them.

555
00:24:30,366 --> 00:24:32,166
They're right by your right

556
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,166
foot.

557
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,500
It's alright.

558
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,900
>> How was it?

559
00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:43,366
I'm fine.

560
00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:44,766
>> Okay, don't worry about it.

561
00:24:43,366 --> 00:24:46,000
>> "J Schwanke's Life in Bloom"

562
00:24:44,766 --> 00:24:48,100
is filmed in Grand Rapids,

563
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,633
Michigan.

564
00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:52,866
>> "J Schwanke's Life in Bloom"

565
00:24:50,633 --> 00:24:56,666
is brought to you by...

566
00:24:52,866 --> 00:24:58,200
Albertsons Companies...

567
00:24:56,666 --> 00:25:00,533
with additional support from the

568
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:04,933
following...

569
00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:09,666
CalFlowers...

570
00:25:04,933 --> 00:25:12,800
Dollar Tree...

571
00:25:09,666 --> 00:25:17,700
Sunshine Bouquet.

572
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:19,966
♪

573
00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:22,500
Closed-caption funding provided

574
00:25:19,966 --> 00:25:28,600
by Holland America Flowers.

575
00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:31,633
♪

576
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:34,233
For everything flowers, recipes,

577
00:25:31,633 --> 00:25:37,366
projects, and more information,

578
00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:37,366
visit ubloom.com.

579
00:25:43,233 --> 00:25:45,533
♪