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[kareid]

My plants (all 86 lbs of them) and I appear to be back in Boston safely. Now I just have to hope the weather improves soon so that my bamboo and huckleberries can be planted outdoors.

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[lokiect.livejournal.com]

how does checking them in work? do you need to cover them?

[kareid.livejournal.com]

You can pack them in a cardboard box, and then check that. For the bamboo, the nursury did an impressive job with stakes, air holes, and strapping tape so that the boxes could be completely upside down without the dirt crushing the leaves, but you don't usually need to do so much. Just seal the top of the pot so the dirt can't fall out, and pack the box so the the plant can't rattle around and hurt itself. Most plants can take a day or two without air, and many are flexible enough that you can gently fold their longer branches in and then wrap them with cardboard rigid enough to keep from being crushed.