Sunday, October 27, 2013

Sunset

Sunset

Photo and Verse by Marlo R Rotor

Old Quirino Bridge across Banaoang Pass, Santa, Ilocos Sur 

Sunset:
call it beauty,
the color of war,
and death itself;
it is enough,
the passing of day.
the coming of night. ~

Friday, October 18, 2013

Sugar solution extends the life of cut flowers.

Sugar solution extends the life of cut flowers.
Dr Abe V Rotor 
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Pulsing for roses is done by immersing the stem ends for one to 

three hours in 10% sugar solution. Photo credit Wikipedia

Don't cut the flowers, if you can help it. Have potted flowering plants instead. To ensure continuous flowering give your plants proper care under suitable condition. Orchid painting in acrylic shows how delicate orchid flowers are. Don't detach the flowers from the plant. Display as a whole plant undisturbed. After the occasion, take it back to its original plant for recovery. 

In horticulture, they call this pulsing, a technique of providing nourishment and extending the shelf life of cut flowers. This technique lengthens vase life twice as much. It allows buds to open and postpones stem collapse, while it enhances freshness of the opened flowers.

Pulsing for roses is done by immersing the stem ends for one to three hours in 10% sugar solution, and for gladiolus 12 to 24 hours in 20% sugar solution. Daisies, carnation, chrysanthemums, and the like are better handled if harvested and transported in their immature stage, then opened by pulsing. It is best to cut the stem at an angle, dipped 6 to 12 hours in 10% sugar solution compounded with 200 ppm of 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate, 100 ppm citric acid. Best results are obtained at cool temperature and low relative humidity. 


Thursday, October 17, 2013

Sun Tzu's Pieces Of Leadership Advice

Sun Tzu's Pieces of Leadership Advice
 "To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." - Sun Tzu*
Researched by Dr Abe V Rotor

 
  • He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
  • In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
  • Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
  • A leader leads by example, not by force.
  • You have to believe in yourself.
  • Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
  • If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. ...
  • The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. ~
* Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period of 771 to 256 BCE. Wikipedia


 


Monday, October 14, 2013

Disturbing views speak of 1001 words. Photos obtained through social networking

Analyze and interpret. Please send to your nearest MMDA office. 
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