Advice on Mailing

I have a hibiscus that's a couple of years old. I moved it a few weeks ago - it did fine, and I had a chance to look at the root ball.

Now I need to mail it. Whenever I send live plants, I wrap the rootball with damp paper towels, and seal it up with plastic wrap. It works great - plants arrive healthy and happy.

That doesn't seem very practical here. The rootball is enormous. I need to find a way to keep it moist while it's on the way.

Any ideas?

Hi Skaz

I ship plants all over the world and sometimes they take up to two weeks to arrive through customs and I always wrap them the same way. Take newspaper (I use blank newspaper and slightly moisten and then place the into a plastic bag. It could be a grocery plastic bag or a garbage bag then tie off the bag. Send it Priority USPS and it will get where it's going within three days usually.

Hope that helps

David

agree w/ david

Thanks. I always ship Priority, anyway. My problem was more ofthe nature of keeping the rootball moist. A plastic bag sounds like a good idea.

Steve