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anonapersona · 08-04-2004, 06:14 AM

I've found that you musst be sure to have no free water sloshing around in a bag with paper-wrapped plants, too-wet newspaper is sure to tear and that weight sloshing around damages the plants. I've had plants shipped to me that had a lot of damage from too-wet paper. I've also shipped plants where I sprinkled the newspaper but not enough, so the dry paper drew water out of the plants, which arrived crispy.

I've tried wrapping the plants, the filing the bag and draining it, but I think that left too much water in the paper, it was too heavy and the paper was mushy just a few hours later. So, I've gone back to sprinkling, but being careful to not leave the inner paper too dry.

08-04-2004, 06:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
anonapersona Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 80 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 7800	No free water I've found that you musst be sure to have no free water sloshing around in a bag with paper-wrapped plants, too-wet newspaper is sure to tear and that weight sloshing around damages the plants. I've had plants shipped to me that had a lot of damage from too-wet paper. I've also shipped plants where I sprinkled the newspaper but not enough, so the dry paper drew water out of the plants, which arrived crispy. I've tried wrapping the plants, the filing the bag and draining it, but I think that left too much water in the paper, it was too heavy and the paper was mushy just a few hours later. So, I've gone back to sprinkling, but being careful to not leave the inner paper too dry.