Shipping plants
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:33 am
Does anyone have tips for shipping plants during trades? I'm just trying to be fully prepared before trading anything.
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Berrybob wrote:When would you use the plug method?I use the plug method when shipping utrics or semi-root sensitive plants. I use the potted method only really for cephs and I use bare-root most of the time.
Panman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:22 pm So, I have S. flava that I want to ship. Pitchers are easily 20 inches tall. Do I bare root in a large box? I would really like to do a give away or trades with some of these guys but I am at a loss for how to ship them.I just won a Sarr Hummers Hammerhead earlier this year in a giveaway on a different forum. The rhizome chunk was about 1.5 square inches with 4 or 5 growth points and all the pitchers trimmed to about 1/2 inch. It was shipped wrapped in several layers of wet paper towel, sealed in a ziploc, in a small box, packed with bubble wrap to keep it from moving around in transit.
Coco wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:14 pm I’m not sure about high mortality rate for cephalotus. For Dewey pines, yes and maybe roridula gorgonias. From my experience and from many growers, cephalotus don’t like root disturbance where it’ll be set back. But after a few months of it settling in it’s new pot/media, growth is resumed.Oh, sorry, I forgot to clarify that this is for Smaller ones. Sometimes I ship seedlings along and stuff.
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Berrybob wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:27 am I recently got some drosera leaf cuttings from a giveaway but I cant keep all of them. They already started striking. Should a wait for them to grow in a bit, or do you think I could put them up for trade now?Probably wait for them to grow up a bit. If they're striking, they're taking nutrients and water from the cutting, but don't have great roots yet. Depending on the species, you'll probably want to wait until they're 1/2 - 1 inch tall before shipping, they're just too delicate and prone to deadly damage.