Re: LA: shipping procedure

Bill,

Spray-wash and trim off the LA foliage down to eight to ten inches.  Dampen 
newspaper and wrap it around the rhizome, leaving the foliage exposed.
Then put the wrapped rhizome into a plastic grocery vegetable baggie with the 
foliage exposed.  

Twist a rubber band and work it over the rhizome up to the point where the foliage 
comes out of the bag to keep the newspaper from drying out

Put individual wrapped and bagged rhizomes into a small drawstring trash bag, again 
leaving the foliage exposeed. Draw the string as tight as it will go.   The rhizomes are 
then double packed which prevents moisture from leaking and soaking into the 
cardboard.  Box and mail.

If you do the above, there will be a happy recipient somewhere down the road.

Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA
 

On 3 Jul 2003 at 15:58, Bill Wells wrote:

> How should LAs be prepared for shipment through the mail? I know that 
> bearded iris can withstand being out of the ground for extended periods, 
> so shipping bare root is not much of a problem for them, but I wonder 
> about LAs. Should one attempt to keep their roots moist during shipment 
> and advise recipient to plant quickly and water well?
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Bill Wells (southern MO)
> 
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