They don't x-ray things within the state, only if you fly. We moved from Dallas to
Austin (200 miles) and I moved my entire garden. I would say about 200 plants, some
small trees. I had to rent a separate trailer to haul them down to Austin and I did
it by putting them all in containers, bags, whatever I could find.

I send plants to everyone in the United States. Recently, I had trouble with the
customs slip and the post office would not let me mail plants into Canada. How I
mail plants is this:

If it's in a plastic pot, I thoroughly water the plants the night before I'm to pack
them up. I wet paper towels and stuff them around the soil in the pot, take plastic
and cut it large enough to fit on top of the pot and I make a slit. Now, the soil it
held by the paper toweling and kept moist, I slip the plastic to hug the pot on top
and fasten it with a rubber band. I roll the whole thing in a newspaper and find a
box large enough so I don't have to bend the foliage. It sounds more complicated
than it is, but it's how we did mail order at our greenhouses up north and Logee's
does it this way, too. Maybe go to their website. They may have a photo of how
their plants are shipped and you can copy their method.

www.logees.com


Victoria

On 18 Mar 2003 01:37:45 -0800, (Hobbs) wrote:

Have any of you tried moving a small house plant via air or
mail even? I guess it's not possible because x-ray machines
could damage it or some security guard will insist on uprooting
it and shaking all the dirt out of the roots or something.

I'm just talking about domestic movement within the U.S., btw.

Is a moving van or driving it in a car the only way?

-McDaniel