Re: Containers
Nancy Lowe wrote:
>
> Chris Lindsey wrote:
> <snip>
> >Some of the packing peanuts nowadays are made of a biodegradable
> material.
> <snip>
> I therefore suggest
> >placing one of your packing peanuts in a glass of water before using a
> >whole bunch -- if nothing happens in a minute, you should be safe.
> -------------------
>
> Thanks for the tip, Chris. I'll have to remember that. Fortunately, I
> haven't run into the biodegradable ones yet; or if I have, they're
> buried at the bottom of a pot! :-) But I"ll be on the lookout!
>
> Nancy Lowe
> Arkansas, zone 7
>
> ______________________________________________________
heh heh heh....an orchid wholesaler that I used to buy from used to ship
his plants in the styrofoam peanuts. He was unaware of the load of
packing peanuts that he obtained was made from corn based food starch,
and packed a load of orchids off to some far state, nestled in these
peanuts. When the customer opened the case, the 'nestled' had turned to
'encased'. He doesn't use these anymore, needless to say.
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The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8
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