Re: Transporting show stalks
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Transporting show stalks
- From: I*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 07:12:31 -0500
In a message dated 96-04-01 23:25:40 EST, you write:
>
>I am in need of the sage advice of other irisarians who have had to
transport
>
>show stalks a fair distance. Last year was the first year I had ever
entered
>
>a show and tried transporting stalks propped with foam in wine bottles 1/4
>filled with water. Quite a few were damaged in transport although I ended
up
>
>winning Queen of Show with a stalk of Sterling Stitch that managed to come
>through unscathed!
>If anyone could give me some suggestions that will help me and a back seat
>full of iris stalks that are travelling at 70 mph for 2 hours make it in 1
>piece, I would GREATLY appreciate the advice!
>(I know it's kind of early to be worrying about iris shows, but you know how
>time flies!)
>
Julie: I think this is an INSPIRED topic... and I look forward to all the
answers that I can glean for our local newsletter, The Irisborer.
My personal favorite is to get your self some paper box lids (like for xerox
paper) or something like that. Run string (maybe 3 times) across the box
lids and tape them down rather taut.... you can then lay the TB stalks on the
string, and using masking tape, keep them in place. I put wet papertowl on
the end of the stalk. The plants bounce along on the string with NO
damage..... until you lift them out of the car and snap off the terminal on
the door jamb.
I've tried buckets with rolled up newspaper....soda cartons...etc. The box
lids work for me. BTW... you can lay stalks on top of each other at
different angles.
Kathy Guest - intrigued by the topic
