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kennan50 Des Moines, IA Jan 14, 2011

I have Tillandsia that was just shipped and it was COLDDDD (19 above) THe big ones look a little shocked and soft...small ones look fine. Help???

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jan 14, 2011

Nothing you can really do but take care of them and wait and see what happens. It's always hard to predict whether things that have been cold damaged will end up recovering or not. Since the little ones look fine they most likely are fine, but the big ones you'll just have to wait and see. I would contact whoever you bought them from though--seems to me they really shouldn't have shipped the plants this time of year and that way if they don't pull through you've made them aware of the problem right away (if you wait, it becomes much harder to prove that the problem was from the shipping and not from you not taking proper care of the plants)

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MyJoyGarden (Zone 7a) Jan 22, 2011

I agree I think you should contact the seller and let him/her know about it. I probably just order some seeds around this time of the year. It's too cold for a plant to be shipped in the mail during winter time.
Seeds are mostly fine in the mail during winter time and some seeds also need cold temperature for a while in order to sprout in the spring.
Here is the info how to take care of air plant http://www.starting-a-garden.com/Air-Plants.html

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Malus2006 Coon Rapids, MN(Zone 4a) Jan 23, 2011

Yes the problem with shipping is that they always arrive at certain time of day and always drop it off no matter how many or clear the warnings on it - for me it's about 2 or 3 pm, one of the worst time (groan). In northern climates seeds are risky for this time of year thought in a few weeks hopefully it will be easier.

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