Re: RE:OT-SHIPPING
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE:OT-SHIPPING
- From: w*@watervalley.net
- Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 08:20:09 -0500
- Priority: normal
>
> Styrofoam chips are a strick no-no. Any package that I have received
> that used strofoam peanuts (or styroform in any other form) have had
> various degrees of rot and usually a high degree of fatalities. This
> is much worse when there is any delay in shipping. The plants sweat
> aand the moisture is traped in the package resulting in mold and rot.
>
Guess I am lucky! I use 'popcorn' styrofoam exclusively and have not had
one person report any irises rotting in transit. But, I don't do
international orders either. For the short haul with UPS, I think
'popcorn' is the way to go.
Maybe, it's because I:
>
> Use lots of air holes to provide for escape of extra moisture.
>
>
> Make sure the plants are dry before packing. Soil should be removed or
> washed off. [yes]
>
> Remove dead leaves and the older leaves on edge of fan.
>
> Hope this information is usefull.
My chief objection to 'popcorn' is that it is not biodegradeable
and can blow around everywhere when I am packing boxes.
My objection to excelsior is that it is a fire hazard and that it is
messy to clean up. Also, rhizomes can get lost in it, overlooked
and thrown away. I am glad that Schreiners has a little slip of
paper tucking inside each box that indicates the number of
rhizomes present. I would have otherwise trashed some because I
did not see them.
Walter
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