Abstract: A storage device for maintaining potted plant viability and quality that allows for sufficient water or other suitable liquid to roots and growing media of a plant. The device includes a storage pot having a base and walls, a foam insert disposed within the storage pot; and the insert having a lower surface that engages the base and a flat upper surface where the root mass and growing media are placed. The root mass and growing media maintains its position by engaging the upper flat surface of the foam and at least one of the walls of the pot. A method is also disclosed for transporting or storage that includes potting a plant in the storage pot, and wetting the foam insert.

Abstract: In a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of treating ornamental plants comprising contacting said plants with a liquid composition comprising of one or more cyclopropene compound, wherein the concentration of the total of all of said one or more cyclopropene compound is 0.3 to 300 milligrams of cyclopropene compound per liter of said liquid composition.