Gel-pack for shipping bare root (was import/export)

From: rdhager@dmv.com

> With the
> beardless, it's a simple matter of popping the roots into a gel-pack.
> Maximum time the things can survive (if my memory is correct) is about 3
> weeks. They'll look like the dickens after that long in the dark of a box,
> but most will still be alive!

I ordered Japanese irises last fall. The local post office here
"misplaced" the order for a month. When I finally got the package, the
plants looked pitiful, though they were in a gel-pack. I was sure they
were all dead, but I soaked them in water for 2 days and planted them
anyway. All of them have broken dormancy! I never would have believed
that they would live through that.

R. Dennis Hager
on Delmarva
(with one postmaster who will still have a hard time getting off my
"list")

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