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 PsychoChipmunk
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 Shipping Salvia Cuttings
#8534316 - 06/17/08 04:33 PM (5 months, 12 days ago) |
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I've got a question regarding the Salvia cuttings to be mailed elsewhere: Is there a significant difference in survival rates of cuttings rooted prior to shipping and those shipped without rooting first?
Obviously, rooting the cutting prior to shipping would save the recipient that step, but does shipping unrooted decrease the survival rate of said cutting? Common sense would seem to say that yes, it's better to ship a rooted cutting.
Thoughts?
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felixhigh
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Mine have rooted inside bubble bags during 2 weeks of transit.
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sturmer88
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Re: Shipping Salvia Cuttings [Re: felixhigh]
#8534757 - 06/17/08 06:41 PM (5 months, 12 days ago) |
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Quote:
felixhigh said:
Mine have rooted inside bubble bags during 2 weeks of transit.
FH
During summer that could be a bad idea. They could cook inside the plastic bag in transit. I've heard stories of people getting cuttings all burnt up during summer shipped in plastic bags.
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PsychoChipmunk
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Re: Shipping Salvia Cuttings [Re: felixhigh]
#8537333 - 06/18/08 02:48 PM (5 months, 11 days ago) |
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felixhigh said:
Mine have rooted inside bubble bags during 2 weeks of transit.
FH
Thanks for the interest.
Interesting, but 2 weeks is an excessive amount of time for a little Sally to be without care, IMHO. I'd like to shoot for a 3 day transit time, or less (Priority Mail or UPS/Fedex 2nd day.)
The summer heat is definitely a big concern for me, but my primary concern is still whether or not rooting prior to shipping increases a cutting's chance for survival. Does the shock of being cut off, packed, exposed to some heat for a few days make it more difficult for the plant to root? Conversely, in this hot (and in this area of the US, dry) weather are roots a liability- possibly increasing the rate at which the plant dehydrates, or beginning to rot?
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felixhigh
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If you have the option, I think the best is to send them already rooted, your friend may have trouble rooting salvia because heŽll probably be a noob on it.
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PsychoChipmunk
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Re: Shipping Salvia Cuttings [Re: felixhigh]
#8537837 - 06/18/08 05:06 PM (5 months, 11 days ago) |
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That's an excellent point, I hadn't given thought to that part of the equation.
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 CptnGarden
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always root before you send, sometimes they get stressed in the shipment and are too tired to root and since they dont have them its harder for them to recover.
ive received them soggy and floppy and like they had wilted in the sun all day - but with roots, planted them and 4 hours later they looked like nothing ever happened.
never such luck without roots, seen hundreds of em die 
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