Post by gardenlarder on Feb 19, 2015 5:45:39 GMT 10
I don't like posting plants, I just find the packaging up time consuming, but as I live in a tiny country town I often have to.
When I sell plants I take most of the soil off, dampen the roots and wrap them in damp coir fibre. They I wrap the roots in food wrap so that they are not likely to drip. If they might drip I leave them out to drain overnight so they are not even close to dripping when they are packaged. They MUST NOT drip in the post or you could get fined if you damage other peoples mail, and your plant may not get where it is intended if the packaging is damaged.
Small plants are posted in auspost boxes lined with newspaper and long, thin plants posted in cardboard rolls, either from the post office, or for bigger plants, in the cardboard rolls from the centre of carpet rolls. If you post a plant in a cardboard roll you must stickytape the plant to a bamboo stick so that the plant is not damaged if it is upside down.
Would love to hear how others do it
Cheers,
Rowan
When I sell plants I take most of the soil off, dampen the roots and wrap them in damp coir fibre. They I wrap the roots in food wrap so that they are not likely to drip. If they might drip I leave them out to drain overnight so they are not even close to dripping when they are packaged. They MUST NOT drip in the post or you could get fined if you damage other peoples mail, and your plant may not get where it is intended if the packaging is damaged.
Small plants are posted in auspost boxes lined with newspaper and long, thin plants posted in cardboard rolls, either from the post office, or for bigger plants, in the cardboard rolls from the centre of carpet rolls. If you post a plant in a cardboard roll you must stickytape the plant to a bamboo stick so that the plant is not damaged if it is upside down.
Would love to hear how others do it
Cheers,
Rowan
