Re: Re : Re plant importation
- Subject: Re: Re : Re plant importation
- From: D* T*
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 04:25:39 -0000
Price and value are a funny--and probably highly-individual--thing.
A couple years ago, my husband and I biked across a culvert that was being
converted from rocks to concrete. There were a LARGE number of very large
rocks lying around. I'd been in severe Rock Lust for 3 years....
"Art," I said, "ROCKS!!!" No answer.
"Art, did you hear me? ROCKS!!!!"
"All I hear is 'Work,'" he answered, not turning his head the slightest
amount as he rode off....
But, nice guy that he is, he helped me move three bigtruck loads of them. He
bunged a couple fingers, and we both endangered our backs for life.
Today I was talking to a guy who sells rocks for a living, but his stock
gets delivered to his place of business.
"That one's $35," he said, as we discussed a 500-pound beauty. "Compare that
to what you and Art did to get rocks that big." He shrugged. "It's your
decision."
Yeah, and we could have easily gone lame getting those huge heavy rocks up
on the truck! It's a thought worth thinking about, doncha think?
Diann
>From: elle <elle@aracnet.com>
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Re : Re plant importation
>Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 00:18:40 -0700
>
>Hi Chantal - I'm not Don, but I do happen to be up at the computer
>tonight and I do a lot of business with nurseries who send bare root (or
>sometimes mud and root) plants.
>I buy quite a bit on EBay and seldom have a problem with the plants
>drying out.
>Most reputable nurseries ship early in the week and ship priority only.
>That can still be 4 days tho. At least the box of plants don't sit over
>the weekend at the Post Office or UPS facility.
>The plants are plastic bagged, usually tied at the roots, with damp
>paper or peatmoss or sometimes mud from the field where they were dug
>around the roots. They are packed in a sturdy box in more newspaper for
>padding.
>They might look a bit sad when the box is opened but a quick soak in
>lukewarm water brings the leaves back.
>I have rec'd 'sticks with roots' especially from the less reputable
>catalogs. For those, I soak then plant in a gallon pot, set the stick
>in a filtered sun area on my deck where I can keep an eye on it.
>More often than not, the stick slowly comes to life. And, even the less
>reputable catalog houses will refund or replace if one keeps track of
>the purchases.
>About 6 years ago, hubby bought a Japanese red leaf maple from this
>company and it truly was a stick about 5" long with 3-4 roots .
>I never thought it would amount to much. We put it in a 5 gal pot and
>just last fall planted a lovely 3' tall tree.
>It took a long time, but the tree cost us around $5.00 instead of the
>$50.oo it would at the size it is now. And I was able to trim and coax
>as it grew so I had a pleasing shape.
>Elle in Oregon
>
>GUIRAUD Chantal wrote:
> > Hi Don,
> > I'm just wondering how the bare-rooted plants can survive during
> > transportation.
>
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