How we package for shipment

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0e68dfc3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0e78dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Just Plants of South Carolina</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Just Plants of South Carolina"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="start_up_photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How it looked when we started"><U>How it looked when we started</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Timer for the misting system"><U>Timer for the misting system</U></A>   |   <A HREF="flea_market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Selling at the Flea Market"><U>Selling at the Flea Market</U></A>   |   <A HREF="compost_bin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Compost Bin"><U>Compost Bin</U></A>   |   <A HREF="pump_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pump House"><U>Pump House</U></A>   |   <A HREF="potting_shed.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Potting Shed Progress "><U>Potting Shed Progress </U></A>   |   <A HREF="sand_flats.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How we made our sand flats"><U>How we made our sand flats</U></A>   |   <B>How we package for shipment</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0e78dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>How we package for shipment</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> From one season to another, we have changed our packing methods. </div> <div> Right now, to protect from the heat, we are dipping all plant roots in water, wrapping the roots in 3-5 layers of newspaper, wetting the newspaper with additional water if needed, sticking the wet, paper-wrapped root ball into a plastic grocery bag and lightly tying the bag closed. </div> <bR> <div> We use additional plastic to line the box if necessary, to keep moisture contained. </div> <div> Some of the liners we are shipping have such bulky root systems that they don't roll up in the newspaper well. </div> <bR> <div> For them, we line the box with a big garbage bag, put extra newspaper into the bag to retain/contain the moisture, and layer the plants directly into the box. 4-6 layers of newspaper separate the varieties of plants from each other.</div> <bR> <div> if we are sending more than one thing that needs to be layered. </div> <div> Otherwise, we just put in a top layer of newspaper as a saparater, lay in any other bagged plants and loosely tuck in the garbage bag around everything to keep in the moisture. </div> <bR> <div> It seems to be working. We are shipping in 100 degree weather and it works. </div> <div> I'll keep in mind that we need some photos here, too.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>