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Posted by popi NSW Aust (My Page) on Thu, Mar 2, 06 at 19:21
| I have seen advertisements in that paper offering tubepots for sale, and that they can be sent in the mail.
I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this ?
How do they stop the soil spilling out, I guess some sort of cardboard in place.
How are the pots when you receive them. I guess they would have to be sent quickly else they would dry out too much.
Thoughts please.
Popi |
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RE: Sending potplants in the mail.
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Popi, I have bought hundreds of plants by mail order over the years, some of them in tube pots but most come in 10cm pots. Different places have different ways of packing them. Some companies pack plants so well you wonder how they can make any money. Most come with a circle of corrugated cardboard slit to the centre and placed around the top of the plant to keep the soil in place. The plant is then placed in a plastic bag which is fastened with a twist tie around the base of the plant. Some places wrap each plant in more cardboard fastened with elastic bands. The plants are then placed on their side with newspaper between.
If you're thinking of starting a business, perhaps you could order some plants to see how the opposition does it. A lot of companies only send plants from March to September so as to avoid the hottest time of the year. |
RE: Sending potplants in the mail.
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| hi popi - the last plants I bought by mail order came stuffed and wrapped in shredded paper and the whole lot surrounded by bubble wrap - they arrive totally intact and started growing as soon as I put them in the soil. years ago I got some quite large citrus from a place in SA and they arrived in a large upright cardboard box, clearly marked as which way was up and loaded with those foam packing thingies - again everything OK |
RE: Sending potplants in the mail.
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- Posted by popi NSW Aust (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 2, 06 at 22:42
| Many thanks guys, great advice, and info. Wattleblossom...I will order some, I am intrigued as to the success of it all. I guess the post office might be able to advise. Thanks |
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