[Tropical Rain]

Contributed by: Bunzboy

High Everybody,

A while back a fellow member here @ OG shipped me some cuts that arrived in perfect condition. I took special note to the way they were packaged & have since had two other members succesfully send & receive cuts the same way, so I thought I'd share the idea.


You will need:

1 - 20 oz. plastic bottle cut in half (you will use the end w/ the cap).
2 - Cloning solution (I use Olivia's).
3 - Rubbing alcohol (like a surgical operation , everything must be sterile).
4 - Toilet paper.
5 - Newspaper.
6 - Masking tape.
7 - Razor blade.
8 - Thin piece of cardboard.
9 - Plastic baggie.
10 - Most important - Donor plant (mother).





Re-cut your cuttings under water using a 45 degree angle cut. Soak a piece of toilet paper in the cloning solution & ring out until it's wet, but not dripping. Remove the cuttings from the water and place the cut ends together. Wrap the toilet paper around the cut ends of the cuttings.




Place the cuttings in the open end of the plastic bottle and push through until the toilet paper comes out the cap end of the bottle. Wrap the toilet paper in newspaper.




Take & cut the corner off a plastic baggie and wrap it around the newspaper to avoid the newspaper drying out while the cuts are in transit. Secure the baggie with a rubber band.




Proceed to wrap the entire cap end in masking tape securing it to the neck of the bottle.




Take a piece of masking tape and place completely around the open end of the bottle. It helps to secure the top if you cut the masking tape in about 4 or 5 places.




Lightly mist the cuttings & put the thin piece of cardboard on the open end of the bottle. Secure with the masking tape that is already in place on the bottle. You now have a container that will protect your babies. Place the entire bottle in a Ziploc baggie.




Wrap the entire bottle in bubble wrap, place in your shipping box, close & tape, label the package (of course w/ a fictitious name ), and it's off to your local post office. When your package is received, re-cut the cuttings & clone as normal. It took me 5 days to receive my cuts that were sent to me in this method & yet they still arrived in perfect condition. Hope this makes it a little easier for each of us to share each other's goodies.





Editors note...
This is a very nice method for packaging clones and shipping them when the package will not be traveling across international borders. IE: Not past customs. For times when packages are traveling past customs more anti scent measures will need to be taken. Oven bags in multiple layers, are a good way to contain the scent, but they must be combined with other precautions like wearing (and changing) gloves, not touching anything mj with the gloves as you place bagged bags into additional layers of oven bags. Not changing gloves or touching cuttings with the same gloves worn to bag the items, will completely defeat the purpose of the oven bags.

We have another member working on another specific faq for international shipping procedures and will add that as soon as he has completed the new mock up photo work.

You could've just put the link but thanks none the less.

Blatant

[Tropical Rain]

you can't link to overgrow from icmag.....

It will link

https://www.overgrow.com/growfaq/1488

That way you get the pics

Tex

[Tropical Rain]

i wish i would have known the faq will link before i did this ....

everytime i try to click on a link to a overgrow page from here it doesn't work/or it didn't

and when i tryed to link from there it didn't work...

maybe it does now.

btw thnx Tk thats another method,i got this linked in the FAQ at thr swap thread.

Later

[Joemutt1978]

I tried cloning in toilet paper and got 0% success. Maybe that is a good way to send them, but why not just go ahead and put them in the rockwool?

OK, let me add alittle here. That is a ok Method, but if you use the other way with the toilet paper roll method and a video case and ziplock bags. You won't have a problem and they will get to where they are going in one piece. I'm getting ready to send out some clones tomorrow moring. Once they arrive at the place where they are getting sent. I will ask the member to rate the method, but i've and others have used it and it works great. It in the FAQ over at OG also. The best way and this is very important. Cut them as fresh as possible and dip them in Clonex or what ever you use to root. I then place them in Jiffy Pellets and they keep plenty of water in the pellet for the trip. Here is the link to the info. To me this is the best and only way i will ship cutting and clones.
Later

https://www.overgrow.com/growfaq/1488

[babylon by bus]

Video cassette cases get my vote. I'd prefer to recieve a tape in a padded manilla envelope rather than a package... lower profile and fits in my mailbox easier.

[Rabbitt-420]

This thread is very interesting to read.
I would say the vhs case is better and has a better stealth rating then the soda bottle.
Although ive never shipped or recieved clones/cuttings so i really have no clue.

Anybody care to send me one so i can test it out ? lol

It works, and like i said before. If the person i'm sending clones to, wants to post results. He can, but i've sent plenty this way and never had a problem. The trick is to make sure the cutting is fresh, kept wet enough not to dry out. Use gloves and plenty of ziplock bags like in the FAQ. Shipping should be no longer then 2-3 days or your asking for trouble.