Re: RE: OT how do you take youre Iris to a show.

Charlotte  --  I save wine or tall liquor bottles and get my boxes from a
liquor store, keeping the interior partitions that come with them.  With
each bottle holding one iris, I put a bottle in every other space among the
partitions, and I stuff paper or one of the "little plastic things" between
the stem and the bottle neck to keep the stalk from swiveling around.  Paper
is stuffed into the spaces between the bottles to keep the whole boxful
rigid.  When all the boxes are loaded in the vehicle, I stick bricks against
the bases of the outer boxes to keep them from sliding.  You can get a few
dozen in a van this way.  For 100, you may need a caravan.  It is also
important to begin saving the bottles early.  Having to empty enough bottles
in, say, the week preceeding the show could lead to serious adverse
consequences.  To enhance your reputation among your fellow exhibitors, save
only the best brands of wine and spirits.

I have also devised a method for transporting irises that are too tall for
the vehicle's interior height.  (This is sometimes a problem for seedling
exhibitors, since, by the rules, they should be exhibited at full height,
and, thus, can't be chopped off to fit in the car.)  I'll be glad to supply
that information, if anyone is interested.  --  Griff

zone 7 in Virginia


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlotte Holte" <cholte@wi.rr.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:27 PM
Subject: [iris] RE: OT how do you take youre Iris to a show.


> Hi All,
>
> I am looking for ideas here.  How do you transport your Iris for a show.
>
> Say you have 100 to take to the show.
>
> Say you have 10 to take to the show.
>
> Char, New Berlin, WI
>
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