I also had one claim for not arriving in time and they covered it also. When I ship trees in summer I include a cold gel pack to keep cool. However I have had to replace some for free due to extreme heat conditions. I am just starting to grow lavender to sell. Would you leave in the pot or remove and package with plastic and paper towels? There are some rules on potted plants. Some states only allow certain plants and some only allow bare root shipping to their state.
Mike, Thank you for the information! I am working at a medium sized nursery and we are looking to move into shipping bare-root trees. Thanks so much for this wonderful tutorial. I am about to move across the country and have been pretty upset since discovering that shippers and movers will not handle plants. I now feel confident that I can mail them to myself.
Thanks for taking the time to share this important information. Mike, I am thrilled to read this article that you wrote and I am going to use this information. We moved from Washington state to North Carolina and I moved plants with our household goods in a rental truck that my husband drove. I have more to retrieve and we did not sell our Washington State house. I am flying back in the beginning of march to dig up more and mail them back.
Regards, Sandie. I see now i can ship it, but must take to out of its pot Will this shock my plant? Thank you, laurel. I will try to ship it to myself. I pray they will be ok. Thanks for the info. I sell a lot of cuttings and plants online. I have been a fan of yours for awhile now. Although i did not buy your backyard grower system, I do grow and sell plants taken from cuttings.
I enjoy reading all that you write. I live for gardening magazines and any helpful articles I can get a hold of. Thanks again and have a great day. My Best Linda Malinowsi. Please do you have any important information on shipping a medium sized to large cactus plant. It has about prongs growths on it already full grown. Ship cacti and other succulents bare root and completely dry. Even then, the package was eventually delivered.
Weigh and send it off. Since we are a nursery, we use the Ag inspection stickers on the outside of the box. You have to make or have the stickers ordered using your nursery inspection certification that your receive in the mail. Hello, i just want to ask how do you get Ag sticker? Hope you answer my question, thank you.
Good afternoon, I need help. They have grown to be 3 feet high by 2 feet. They used to belong to my sister who passed away a while and mi mom wants to have them. Can they be cut like the size of an apartment plant about a foot.
Like the one in the picture? I told her, that They will grow again. Thanks for your time. Its because the landscape-marketing-book comes together with the Small Plants Big Profits from Home package? The landscape marketing book is a stand alone product. But last I knew it was working fine.
Hi mike I am really enjoying reading your stories about how you grow your plants. And your videos. I ve been practicing for the past few months growing cutting of coleus plants. And they are doing well. But i ve never tried cutting harder plants. I Will read on your book more and watch more of your videos. Good for you! Being only 50 miles from Mexico is proof that this can be done anywhere that a person has the will to do it.
Nice job! Thanks …very informative for your newbies out here. Sometimes I think you read my mind. I do have some things ready to go and was about to ask how to ship. I thought it would be expensive but you make it look simple. Thank you for your kind words about the USPS. I am a postal employee almost 20 years and it is great to read about happy customers. We really do care about delivering the mail on time. And many of us are avid gardeners, too.
Michael, I am delighted to tell the truth. You folks do a great job and are often under appreciated. One other thing about mailing a package. Just in case the outside address label becomes unlegible or gets torn off, place the address inside the package also, maybe tied onto some of the plants.
I work for the Post Office in a processing plant and it does happen that boxes pop open and the contents spill out, or the label can get torn. If the delivery address is also attached to one or more of the plants inside, the stuff can be gathered up and repackaged and still delivered in a timely manner.
May be you can use cable ties instead of nursery twine, to tie the wrapped plants, cable ties are very strong? Less harmful to where you tie plant is the use of small section of panty hose, or you can use those short hose.
Better than a twist tie or something else that is plastic. Rather than twist ties that can cut into the plant you can use cut up panty hose or the short hose made of same material. This material gentle on the plant stems. Had to laugh at Pams remark about fire ants. I am in Florida where any object that touches the ground over night is subject to have fire ants moving in under it. But there is a fool-proof defence, and it is organic. Just purchase some food grade diatomaceous earth.
Sprinkle it completely around the nest mound and the nest will die in a couple days. Any ant that walks through it will take it to the nest. It is not poison. It literally slices their bodies like razor blades. When they loose 10 per cent of their body fluids there is no escape.
They die. Any time I see a new mound I treat it. If it rains you must reaply it. I have only been making babies for about 4 months now after seeing one of your vidios. I keep looking for a downside to this business but so far all I have seen is it is a win win situation.
Under Ga. More likely to die? So wrap a little medium under the paper towel, I guess? Now, that their website no longer states there can be no fireants on the property, maybe. A 10 acre property in Georgia with never any fire ants? Great information I love all your information always to the point and right on the money But I would like to add. Try not to ship during the hotter parts of the year. I received an order and the order had got caught somewhere over a week end, and the plants arrived parboiled.
But in general most of my plants from the group have arrived in good shape. Great point and I need to incorporate that into the article. Shipping plants during extreme hot weather is hard on the plants and if there is a delay in shipping they are sure to die. Just thought I would let u know.
The government does not pay anything to keep it going. They survive only through the sale of their products. They are supposed to be self sufficient, but they are run by the government and are not private enterprise.
To the best of my knowledge postal employees are employees of the federal government. The mail carriers work hard and are absolutely accountable to be where they are supposed to be and accomplishing what is assigned to them. The roots need moisture and air to stay alive. Wrap three to five more large plastic grocery bags around the entire plant to help cushion it.
Wrap the plant in each individual bag, one at a time, rolling the bags closed. Squeeze excess air out of the bags gently.
And place the package into a similarly sized cardboard box. It depends. The longer your plant is cooped up without light and water, the sadder and wiltier it will be upon arrival. Your options are priority mail and first class mail, which both ship in one to three business days, according to the USPS website. The Sill uses UPS carbon neutral shipping. Even if you do everything perfectly, your plants will probably need some extra care when they reach their new home.
That means plenty of sunshine and water. Even the pros struggle with this. Stewarding a few small, photosynthesizing members of your household to a new home is an honor and a responsibility. The winters in your next place might be rough, or the air a little more dry, but transporting them quickly and with as little damage as possible will give them the best possible start.
If you plan on shipping a plant internationally, this is where it gets slightly more complicated. Some countries have certain restrictions on the plants they allow to be imported. For example, the United Kingdom requires an import permit for any plants that enter the country.
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