I am moving from the San Francisco area to Chicago next month, and I
have a few potted plants that I would like to take with me. I am not
going to drive, so carrying them is not an option.

Does anybody know about a service that will transport small numbers of
plants at a reasonable price?

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

Unless these are very rare plants and/or very large and you've had them a very
long time, it is far less expensive to buy new ones when you arrive in Chicago.
Prepare yourself. It's freezing cold there!

If you tell what kind of plants and what type of pots I can help instruct you
since I did a lot of mail order from our garden center. It can and is done
regularly.

So, are these rare specimens?

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:11:50 GMT, Jonathan Sachs wrote:

I am moving from the San Francisco area to Chicago next month, and I
have a few potted plants that I would like to take with me. I am not
going to drive, so carrying them is not an option.

Does anybody know about a service that will transport small numbers of
plants at a reasonable price?

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:11:50 GMT, Jonathan Sachs
wrote:

I am moving from the San Francisco area to Chicago next month, and I
have a few potted plants that I would like to take with me. I am not
going to drive, so carrying them is not an option.

Does anybody know about a service that will transport small numbers of
plants at a reasonable price?

I sent some of my favorites with the furniture in the moving van
(commercial) from west to east coast. I was not confident of survival,
but several, well-watered and surrounded (not on top) with cardboard
'cages' made it.

You can FedEx them, but best check on regs and packing advice.

animaux wrote:

Unless these are very rare plants and/or very large and you've had them a very
long time, it is far less expensive to buy new ones when you arrive in Chicago.

Undoubtedly true but not relevant. All of them are either plants with
sentimental meaning to me, or plants that cannot be replaced because
they are not commercially grown.

Prepare yourself. It's freezing cold there!

I know. I grew up there. All of my gardening experience is from
California, though, so I'm not entirely sure what will be able to make
it outside. Plum trees? My research has yielded a definite "maybe"

If you tell what kind of plants and what type of pots I can help instruct you
since I did a lot of mail order from our garden center. It can and is done
regularly.

I'm not sure, because I have done the triage yet. Definitely a
Christmas cactus in a pot about 8" across. Probably one or two other
cacti and/or succulents. And the plum trees.

So, are these rare specimens?

The plum tree is rare, actually, unique. It's a cutting from a tree in
my yard which is probably a hybrid between a wild plum a and Santa
Rosa plum or something similar. The plums are a very deep purple
color, a little larger than grapes, moderately sweet, and have the
most intense plum flavor I've ever encountered. I strongly want to
preserve this.

Actually, if someone is interested in growing one of these trees and
caring for it, I have four rooted cuttings, and will be giving away
two or three of them. The only condition is that I'd want to keep in
touch, and be able to get a cutting from the cutting, if the one I
keep should not survive.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 03:26:28 GMT, Jonathan Sachs wrote:

animaux wrote:

Unless these are very rare plants and/or very large and you've had them a very
long time, it is far less expensive to buy new ones when you arrive in Chicago.

Undoubtedly true but not relevant. All of them are either plants with
sentimental meaning to me, or plants that cannot be replaced because
they are not commercially grown.

Which is WHY I SAID VERY RARE! Geesh, I am answering less and less of these
questions, which I am then told the answer is not relevant.

Prepare yourself. It's freezing cold there!

I know. I grew up there. All of my gardening experience is from
California, though, so I'm not entirely sure what will be able to make
it outside. Plum trees? My research has yielded a definite "maybe"

All plants and trees come with a "definite maybe." Plants don't read books.

If you tell what kind of plants and what type of pots I can help instruct you
since I did a lot of mail order from our garden center. It can and is done
regularly.

I'm not sure, because I have done the triage yet. Definitely a
Christmas cactus in a pot about 8" across. Probably one or two other
cacti and/or succulents. And the plum trees.

These are the rare and not produced commercially plants, which are sentimental,
but you don't know what they are? Plum tree? You want to move a plum tree?

So, are these rare specimens?

The plum tree is rare, actually, unique. It's a cutting from a tree in
my yard which is probably a hybrid between a wild plum a and Santa
Rosa plum or something similar. The plums are a very deep purple
color, a little larger than grapes, moderately sweet, and have the
most intense plum flavor I've ever encountered. I strongly want to
preserve this.

I don't think that it will be a successful transition.


Actually, if someone is interested in growing one of these trees and
caring for it, I have four rooted cuttings, and will be giving away
two or three of them. The only condition is that I'd want to keep in
touch, and be able to get a cutting from the cutting, if the one I
keep should not survive.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

Good luck. I hope the plums work out for you.

Animaux appears to have taken offense at my answers to his questions,
although it's not clear to me why. I hope this won't deter others from
posting if they have suggestions or facts to contribute. This thread
is intended to be an investigation, not an argument.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

Jonathan Sachs wrote in
:

Animaux appears to have taken offense at my answers to his questions,
although it's not clear to me why. I hope this won't deter others from
posting if they have suggestions or facts to contribute. This thread
is intended to be an investigation, not an argument.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

I'm not sure if you have been following the thread "moving to California"
but I have an analogous problem. I have been getting so much conflicting
information about whether my plants will be allowed into CA I am ready to
either give them all away or risk smuggling them inside boxes inside of the
U-Haul van!

Frogleg wrote in
:

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:11:50 GMT, Jonathan Sachs
wrote:

I am moving from the San Francisco area to Chicago next month, and I
have a few potted plants that I would like to take with me. I am not
going to drive, so carrying them is not an option.

Does anybody know about a service that will transport small numbers of
plants at a reasonable price?

I sent some of my favorites with the furniture in the moving van
(commercial) from west to east coast. I was not confident of survival,
but several, well-watered and surrounded (not on top) with cardboard
'cages' made it.

You can FedEx them, but best check on regs and packing advice.

Which plants made it under these conditions, do you remember?

Jonathan Sachs wrote in
:

Actually, if someone is interested in growing one of these trees and
caring for it, I have four rooted cuttings, and will be giving away
two or three of them. The only condition is that I'd want to keep in
touch, and be able to get a cutting from the cutting, if the one I
keep should not survive.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

Do you have any cuttings left?

Please keep in mind that exotic pests are wreaking havoc in
California. The uncaring nursery moguls who have introduced sudden oak
death to our state is only the latest disaster. There is a very good
reason to regulate plant entry into California to protect its
agriculture and environment, both of which are incredibly diverse
relative to anywhere else in the world.

Sneaking plants into California is a terrorist act.



On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:43:51 +0000 (UTC), Hope Munro Smith
wrote:

Jonathan Sachs wrote in
:

Animaux appears to have taken offense at my answers to his questions,
although it's not clear to me why. I hope this won't deter others from
posting if they have suggestions or facts to contribute. This thread
is intended to be an investigation, not an argument.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

I'm not sure if you have been following the thread "moving to California"
but I have an analogous problem. I have been getting so much conflicting
information about whether my plants will be allowed into CA I am ready to
either give them all away or risk smuggling them inside boxes inside of the
U-Haul van!

dsc darlin' sweet cheeks @ who posts an email address anymore?.com
wrote in :

Please keep in mind that exotic pests are wreaking havoc in
California. The uncaring nursery moguls who have introduced sudden oak
death to our state is only the latest disaster. There is a very good
reason to regulate plant entry into California to protect its
agriculture and environment, both of which are incredibly diverse
relative to anywhere else in the world.

Sneaking plants into California is a terrorist act.


Oh heavens, I was only joking! I've been going all over my plants
for bugs, I don't see any on the ones I want to take.



On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:43:51 +0000 (UTC), Hope Munro Smith
wrote:

Jonathan Sachs wrote in
m:

Animaux appears to have taken offense at my answers to his
questions, although it's not clear to me why. I hope this won't
deter others from posting if they have suggestions or facts to
contribute. This thread is intended to be an investigation, not an
argument.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

I'm not sure if you have been following the thread "moving to
California" but I have an analogous problem. I have been getting so
much conflicting information about whether my plants will be allowed
into CA I am ready to either give them all away or risk smuggling them
inside boxes inside of the U-Haul van!

Since you quoted nothing, you are quite incorrect. Anybody who read my response
will see very clearly what transpired.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:27:21 GMT, Jonathan Sachs wrote:

Animaux appears to have taken offense at my answers to his questions,
although it's not clear to me why. I hope this won't deter others from
posting if they have suggestions or facts to contribute. This thread
is intended to be an investigation, not an argument.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

Hope Munro Smith wrote:

I'm not sure if you have been following the thread "moving to California"
but I have an analogous problem. I have been getting so much conflicting
information about whether my plants will be allowed into CA I am ready to
either give them all away or risk smuggling them inside boxes inside of the
U-Haul van!

Go to the source:
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/pe/tran...als_plants.htm

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

Hope Munro Smith wrote:

Do you have any cuttings left?

Once I know how many I will leave behind, friends will have first
dibs. After that, I want to give them to local people -- I really
don't want to try to ship them, except as a last resort. My original
offer was thoughtlessly worded, and didn't make that clear.

I should clarify what I've got. I propagated the tree from cuttings,
and I now have several small saplings (and one not-so-small one) in
clay pots. That's what I would have to ship. Taking fresh cutting will
not the feasible until the tree goes dormant in the fall, and by then
I will be long gone.

Hope, if you are coming to San Francisco area and will be here before
the middle of August, a handoff is feasible. Otherwise I don't think
it will work.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.

Animaux, if you have useful information I hope you will share it with
the group.

Please accept that whenever offended you in my response to your
questions was not intended to do so. I can't address this any more
specifically because your reaction seemed baseless to me, and your
latest post didn't make any sense at all.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.