Psidium guajava and Piper betle Leaf Extracts Prolong Vase Life of Cut Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) Flowers

Table 2

Effect of 8-HQC, copper coin, and leaf extracts of P. guajava and P. betle and control on vase life of “Carola” and “Pallas Orange” cut carnation flowers.

Treatment	Vase life (days)
	“Carola”	“Pallas Orange”
Sprite + 8-HQC	9.6 b^z	10.6 b^z
Sprite + copper coin	11.0 a	12.3 a
Sprite + P. guajava	10.3 ab	11.1 ab
Sprite + P. betle	10.4 ab	11.5 ab
Tap water (control)	4.8 c	5.1 c

^ZComparison of means within columns by LSD (𝑃=0.05). Means are averages for 8 replications with one flower stalk per replicate.