How To Mail Plants?

[Jen]

I'm about to get some plants ready to mail, but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. Can someone with experience give me the low-down on how to do it? It will probably take 7-10 days to get to the destination by ground mail.

Thanks.
Jen

 

[Gnatfish]

I'm not really experienced. But i have heard that you can just wrap the plants in sandwich bags or recycle the bag it came in and place them in a Jiffy style bag. You could probably get the person your sending it to to send you a self addressed Jiffy bag.

Aparently the plants only need a bit of moisture for them to be alright.

As i said before though, i am not that experienced. There are a few people here who send lots of plants to each other around this part of the forum so i'm sure they'll be able to help.

Gnatfish

 

[Luke_e]

In the past when i've recieved plants through the post, generally a sandwitch bag like Gnat suggested, and a paper towel (dampedned) will be fine.

 

[gt568]

I tend to wrap my plants in damp newspapers, then into a ziploc bag then an envelope of the appropriate size. They've always been fine like this for me.

 

[Themuleous]

7-10 days is a hell of a long time Jen, I send some hornwort to Jimboo last week and he said it was like mush just 4 days later. Is there no way you can send them quicker than that?

 

[Themuleous]

EDIT: Arghhh, got ninja'd by Sam!!!

that has made me chuckle, good job my sister aint here she'd prob think I was sad laughing out lough! Ninja sam strikes again mwahhhh

 

[Jen]

I'm not sure of the exact time... but im gonig across canada here... Unless we go for air mail. I'll have to price things out tomorrow.

Thanks

 

[JBN]

http/www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumap...ts-methods.html

 

[Waterloo Kid]

I got a lilly bulb with a couple of leaves through the post last year. It came in a plastci bag with a little water protected by a piece of UPVC pipe cut to length. Practically indestructible packaging.

WK

 

[Jen]

I forgot to mention that I'm sending some of my hydrocotyle verticulata.