Re: Re: OT how do you take your iris to a show

A friend in our club, who also has a van, uses a transport method similar to
the one Griff describes, though he doesn't have to consume the same large
quantities of spirits!! :-)  Other bottles will work, or he obtains some of
the club's holders the month before (PVC pipes cut to the desired length,
sealed at the bottom, and placed in wooden bases, made by a club member, that
are about 3" square) and fits them into the bottom of the cardboxes he uses to
carry.  That's great if you own a van and can stand things straight up.  I
don't, however, but I've used the following successfully for years with only
my car for a carrier.  I have cut notches out of the sides and ends of
cardboard boxes, preferably not really tall ones, so that I can lay the iris
with its stem end down in the box and the blossom end leaning in the notch.
Alternatively I may even lay the iris so one end rests in a notch on one side
or end of the box, the stem on the blossom end lying in the opposite notch.
Depends on the length of the stem, of course.  I can put these in the trunk
and on the back seat--could use the front, too, I suppose, but my wife is
sitting there--and drive the hour to the show without damaging the blossoms.
Naturally I don't go too fast around sharp corners or go flying over bumps.
This way I can take 15-20 stalks to the show.
Arnold

Arnold & Carol Koekkoek
38 7th Street, NE
Sioux Center, IA 51250
e-mail  koekkoek@mtcnet.net

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