A good way to ship a plant

by rplevitz

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Needed to get these plants shipped but didnt want to ruin them
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Needed to get these plants shipped but didnt want to ruin them


Another use for a pizza box...Cut a hole in the top of the box just the size of the pot. Then tape the pot to the box and stick the entire thing into a bigger box. Make sure nothing can move
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Another use for a pizza box...Cut a hole in the top of the box just the size of the pot. Then tape the pot to the box and stick the entire thing into a bigger box. Make sure nothing can move



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Needed to get these plants shipped but didnt want to ruin them
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Another use for a pizza box...Cut a hole in the top of the box just the size of the pot. Then tape the pot to the box and stick the entire thing into a bigger box. Make sure nothing can move
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Opening up the box...
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Had to pad it so they wouldnt move no matter what
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The soil made the trip too. I wrapped the pot in a plastic bag before I tape the entire thing into a whole I cut into the pizza box. This way the plant wouldnt move and the soil wouldnt fall out during transit.
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Interesting taping job around the plant
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The before and after are really the same - that was the goal!
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I had to get these jades plants shipped.  So...I took an old pizza box and cut a circle in it to fit the plant it.  I wrapped the base of the plant in a plastic bag and taped it all around really well so that the soil wouldn't fall out during transit.  I cut the pizza box sides exactly so that it would snugly fit into my shipping box.  Protected the tops and sides.  Extra tape just in case.  It made it - no problem.

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mrsdraven11 04/17/2009

Great idea!

It was quite a process, but the plant arrived safely!

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