1 | - How to send them in the post.
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2 | - Ziplock bags
- Plant labels
- Marker pen
- Tissue paper
- Glass of water
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3 | - Collect your fresh lengths of cutting material.
- Cut them to length, just below a leaf node and remove lower leaves etc.
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4 | - Place the trimmed cuttings onto several pieces of tissue paper.
- Then roll the tissue around the base of the cuttings.
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5 | - The tissue end of the cuttings is then placed into a cup of water for a few min’s just to make sure all the tissue is wet.
- The tissue is then squeezed out a little so that the tissue forms a damp pocket around the end of the cuttings.
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6 | - The cuttings are then placed into the Ziplock bag, they are then give a light misting with fresh water, just to stop the leaves from drying up.
- The bag is then zipped up, the air is squeezed out and replaced by blowing into it and raise the Carbon Dioxide level.
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7 | - Then Expel an amount of the air in the bag so that it fits into the box that you are sending it in.
- If you are sending a few bags of cuttings, have a box big enough so the bags are a snug fit.
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8 | - I have kept cuttings in Ziplock bags following the same method for up to 3 weeks, and some have even started to root, as long as there is not an excess of water in the bag they should not rot in the few days they are in the post.
- I have found also that the parcel MUST be posted either Monday or Tuesday morning the latest, so that they arrive in good condition by Thursday/Friday of the same week, those that are posted from then on are more likely to spend 2 days sat in the post office over the weekend, which is not good for them as most of these places are either very cold or very hot, then there is a chance they will not survive once you receive them.
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