I may need to know in the future. I have not decided at the moment.
The advice that has been shared so far is informative and potentially helpful-plants are not the easiest thing to post.
Lyn went the "extra mile" with pricing info & link (thank you). I am guessing that she found this to be the most appropriate. I understand that couriers are taking more of the business from Royal mail & Parcel force.
If I felt comfident that I could securely package plants I may post some. As for the type of plants I am not 100% sure yet.
Maybe I could sell some of my young trees but they are mainly in 1 litre pots. What do you think?
One thing I can say is that I favour the square pots. Posting while small & well rooted appeals to me.
I'd trust Royal Mail far more than some of these r*ddy couriers. I've had plants dumped on the front doorstep in the past. We don't use the front door much, but I was nearby at the time. They could have been sitting there for days. I've just had a delivery in the last five minutes, believe it or not! The plants [mainly perennials] are in small pots with a further casing to hold them - three at a time. The two packs of three are in a slim cardboard container with the plant tops together, so that the bottoms are at each end of the box. It's clearly marked this way up and fragile etc, although it wouldnt really matter which way round they were. I'll try and take a pic later.
We're almost at dormancy time, so you can send things bare root more easily. They would be cut back appropriately too - don't send things with masses of foliage.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I only ever use 2nd class mail as I’ve found over the years it makes not one bit of difference. if my postman collects them he takes them back to the depot at lunchtime and they arrive the next day. if I take them to the post office they can take 2 - 3 days, I’ve had 1st class take almost a week. So I never bother now with 1st class as that costs 5.50 and they take the same time.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
taller plants often have a short bamboo cane or similar in the pot.
Would I be understanding this correctly..... the small bamboo cane in the pot is the full height of the box. Thus, when the top of the box is closed & sealed the pot is wedged in place?
If that is not what you mean, it has certainly provided me with an idea.
Sometimes it is and sometimes it is shorter as it is keeping a taller plant upright.
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I may need to know in the future. I have not decided at the moment.
The advice that has been shared so far is informative and potentially helpful-plants are not the easiest thing to post.
Lyn went the "extra mile" with pricing info & link (thank you). I am guessing that she found this to be the most appropriate. I understand that couriers are taking more of the business from Royal mail & Parcel force.
If I felt comfident that I could securely package plants I may post some. As for the type of plants I am not 100% sure yet.
Maybe I could sell some of my young trees but they are mainly in 1 litre pots. What do you think?
One thing I can say is that I favour the square pots. Posting while small & well rooted appeals to me.
I've just had a delivery in the last five minutes, believe it or not! The plants [mainly perennials] are in small pots with a further casing to hold them - three at a time. The two packs of three are in a slim cardboard container with the plant tops together, so that the bottoms are at each end of the box. It's clearly marked this way up and fragile etc, although it wouldnt really matter which way round they were. I'll try and take a pic later.
We're almost at dormancy time, so you can send things bare root more easily. They would be cut back appropriately too - don't send things with masses of foliage.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks. A photo would be really helpful.
if my postman collects them he takes them back to the depot at lunchtime and they arrive the next day.
if I take them to the post office they can take 2 - 3 days, I’ve had 1st class take almost a week. So I never bother now with 1st class as that costs 5.50 and they take the same time.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks for sharing the photos.