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danica

has anyone ever moved with plants? iā€™m moving 14-15 hours away in about 20 days, and have no idea how to go about packing up my plants. i have somewhere between 25-30, so itā€™s not really THAT many. theyā€™ll be one of the last things i pack up obviously, but likeā€¦ how? i feel like i canā€™t put them in bags for that long, but i donā€™t want them to tip over during transit. if you know anything about canada, weā€™re going from sask (flat) to bc (mountains) so itā€™ll be a bit of a bumpy ride. anyyyy advice is very very greatly appreciated!!!

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  1. eatyacarbs

    just pack them in together as tightly as you can ā€” you can wrap in paper for anything that has a wide spread iā€™ve mixed with lots of plants several times now and itā€™s never quiiite as daunting at it seems

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  2. max

    when i moved a couple hours away, i packed some of my plants into a tight box sitting up so they really couldnā€™t move, and wrapped the other ones individually in paper so i wouldnā€™t lose too much soil. that being said, i had to replenish the soil in a few that tipped a little during the drive, but really it wasnā€™t too much work. unrelated, where in saskatchewan are you moving from? i have family in saskatoon!

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    • danica

      weā€™re moving from saskatoon hahaha!!

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    • max

      omg! well congrats and good luck :)

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  3. Lindsey

    I just brought a bunch of plants to my mom over thanksgiving about 10 hours away- I packed them up the night before in a big plastic tote bin with a lid, and I balled up some newspaper and shoved it in any empty space so they didnā€™t clink around. And there was one pothos with some long vines, so I just swirled them around on top of everything else and they all did fine! I figured Iā€™ve ordered plants online before and they were in the mail for several days, so 24 hours in a tote bin is nothing šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚

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    • danica

      thatā€™s such a good point!! i didnā€™t even think about it like that!

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    • Lindsey

      lol I didnā€™t either, I was stressing so hard about getting them all down there! My sister was like, ā€œgirl donā€™t you order plants online? If they can survive the postal service then they can probably handle a 12 hour car rideā€ and it just made so much sense lol.

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  4. plantmother

    agreed with everyone here! my little guys went in a tote with paper filling gaps so they wouldnā€™t bump each other and the bigger guys I put in my car up against other items so they wouldnā€™t fall over. for the bigger ones I also filled the top of the pot with paper in case they did fall over it would help a little to keep soil in.

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  5. GreenLeaf

    Iā€™m in BC, but very familiar with your drive :) I probably donā€™t need to tell you this, because youā€™re use to much colder temps than we are over hereā€¦.but make sure their temp is okay for the drive. Have them in the car with you and if you hotel for a night bring them in with you.

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    • Sunny

      Very good point! Tropical plants can freeze in a car within a 15 minutes drive from a plant shop. Keep the plants in a temperature controlled area or use heat packs if you have leave them in a moving truck or trunk.

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  6. Wolfen šŸŗ

    I pack them like I'm shipping them. Fiberfil, corrugated cardboard wrap, plastic or bubble wrap. Then a heat pack if it's cold.

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