How to Package and Ship Live Plants Through the Mail | With Unboxing 

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With your enthusiasm, I have somehow gone from being anxious about shipping my plants crosscountry to feeling pumped and excited. Thank you so much!

My favorite thing about this video is Mike’s enthusiasm! Kinda wanna get a fig plant now..

I sell trees to and I just learned a lot!! Thank Mike!

This is the absolute best video on how to ship plants! You can feel the love and passion through the video! Thanks for this video Mike.

That's a great technique you used for packaging, Mike. I will keep this video as a reference, if and when needed.

Mike, I followed these instructions and shipped a delicate plant from NC to Ohio in June. The plant was shipped Priority Mail, but took a detour through Texas and 8 days in transit, however, the plant arrived perfectly and the buyer was thrilled. Thanks so much for this video!

I've shipped several seedlings and plants to my son who lives in a small port town in Alaska. There are a lot of herbs and vegetables that he can't get locally so I've been sending him plants that he can grow. Using your method here everything made it to him safe and sound. Thank you for sharing your idea

I totally agree with you, people pay alot of money for their plants they deserve to have a good presentable plan🌷👍

It just shows how much you care and I love you for that! 💝 Keep carrying, no matter how busy the deliveries get! 🤗

I'm going to be mailing my first plant this week and this video was so much more helpful than my basic google search. Thank You for your quality info and you just got a new subscriber too UPDATE: Both plants that I mailed arrived safely and in PERFECT condition!!! One traveled to California while the other traveled to the tip of Florida and I'm in Utah so that's great to know that this method works well for close and longer distances!

Thank you mike. You just opened a closed door for me.

Doing research for my etsy house plants shop set up. This video was number one in the youtube search! So very, very helpful. Thank you, Mike. Another well done video. Really enjoyed seeing the buyer's reactions 😁

Nice to see people like you care enough to go the extra mile. That is awesome! I pack care packages the same way when using the flat rate boxes at USPS. You are right, the USPS does play football with packages. So does UPS and Fed Ex because my Amazon packages are beyond recognizable sometimes.

Thank you so much for demonstrating how to wrap a package with a live plant. I am shipping an Angel wing begonia tomorrow. Now, I don't have to worry about the leaves being damaged during shipping.🤗😄🌞

Love love love this video..So simple, straight forward and very informative! Thank you Mike!

Best plant shipping method I have seen yet, Also, your enthusiasm is contagious. Great videos man.

GREAT Job Mike 👍.. I think this video of you showing how to pack and ship a plant should go VIRAL for all those sellers that are out there selling plants on line...I must say this is the Best packing method of a plant that I have seen....Wish all of us buyer could receive our plants that we purchase in the condition as this young fig tree did...The gentleman when he started opening the box he had a look of Surprise and was Very impressed with the care you gave his fig tree in shipping..I think he just fell in ❤ with his little fig tree 🌱

This is just what I was looking for. Brilliant idea! 👍

Thank you sir. I'm starting Green Arm Gardening and I'm grateful for your videos.

I am so grateful for your channel and your love for plants mmwwaa!!!

Thanks sooo much! This was awesome! I mailed my sister rooted cuttings of rosemary, a variegated mariesii hydrangea, and canna lilies using your method! Everything arrived beautifully. Thanks!

You may want to try 1 gallon twist tie close plastic bags from Wally World. The Twist Tie Bags (1 gal, w/ twist ties, $0.032/each) cost less than 1 qt Zip bags ( $0.038/each). They should be large enough for you to pull it up over the quart pot and use the twist tie to secure the mouth of the bag around the stem of the plant. This would eliminate all the messy, sticky taping or the need for the paper towel, unless you want to keep it for moisture and to keep the soil from moving around. Admittedly, it may require some repositioning of the tape to hold the cardboard on, but the time and cost savings for someone doing this for profit should be worth it. Great video and thank you for all the hard work you put into this channel! God bless.

Fantastic video. This helps tremendously Mike. Your the BOSS man!! God bless! I'm excited in Texas!

Heck yeah!! Thank you for sharing this video - I absolutely love how much thought you put into your packaging and care for your customers' experiences. I'm moving across the country soon, and while I'll likely be gifting some of the houseplants I've enjoyed here for years, but the few plants I'd really like to keep are much more likely to arrive intact now that I've watched your video. Yay!! Thank you so, so much!

Favorite channel hands down. Thanks Mike.

Love your energy and very detailed video! I'm moving and need to ship some very precious plants cross country and this helps so much! Thanks.

I also sell plants online and I can make one improvement in that which will reduce shipping cost. You have put plant in between of cardboard length.. put it towards bottom and not exactly touching the bottom. Then there will be a small gap at the bottom of box and pot base. Just fill it with either bubble wrap or balls and then tape it.. thus the total height of the item with packaging will get reduced which will make volumetric weight way less than present.

Your enthusiasm is SOOOO CONTAGIOUS!! I LOVED watching this! Thank you again!

Just wanna say thank you so much for this video! I’ve now shipped 12 plants using method and have gotten great feedback from buyers!

Great job Mike!

Thank you Mike, I live in CT and I am moving to SC in a couple of months and I have three house plants that I want to mail there the day before I fly there. You made my day so I know how to package my plants so they will be safe and not fall apart. Great video and presentation. I learned so much. Thank you again.😄 Made my day!!

Another great demonstration, Mike!

Thanks so much for sharing this video! I've been wanting to send my mom plants from my garden for a while and just didn't know how I could do it and the plants make it. I can't wait to send her a box full of goodies!

This genius!!! Thank sharing your method for shipping a plant. My family thought I was crazy when I said I was send love plants through the mail. It’s easy enough that o can come exactly what you did! 👍

First thing that came up on my search. Thank you so much -:) Great video !

Cute puppies!!! And thanks for the packing inspiration!

Awesome vide, Mike! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for this AWESOME video! I love your enthusiasm for plants, and I LOVE your shipping tips! WOW! Very informative! AMAZING!

Absolutely love your channel… quickly becoming my #1 grow channel! Thanks!

Mike, that is genius my friend! Love your videos please keep them coming.

What an idea!! 💡 U r genius Mike❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hi Mike!!! Just found your site this last week and Love your videos!!!! I always have a smile on my face both watching them and also reading the comments and your kind an thoughtful replies!♡♡♡ You can tell how much you love ever aspect of what you do! Throughly have enjoyed every video and content subject you have produced!!!!

Thanks Mike, great video.

Great attitude by all. Love the packing ideas. Thank you.

I was look for a video like this! Thank you so much for sharing!

This is SO HELPFUL. I feel good about shipping my plant to my new home ❤

nice and healthy looking fig shoots

Great job, I've got some tomato plants to send, and I've been planning and trying allsorts of ways!Your way is the one I choose.

Man Thanks Alot!! for showing your way of packaging live plants i was over thinking these past days Thanks again.

Thank you for showing the unboxing, I needed that!

I also always wrap mine in kraft paper after as well. Adds extra insulation and protection.

Awesome that you get to see the results of your work. Great system for shipping plants.

Wow this is amazing, I’m starting an Etsy shop and I’ve been completely baffled by trying to work out how to mail them. This is amazing and takes all the fear out of it for me, thank you. My challenge is how to achieve all this with using eco friendly tape , which could be interesting!

I only wish I’d seen your video first rather than trailing through all the others to find your perfect one. I love this fantastic way of wrapping and loved the unwrapping also at the end! Thank you so much 🪴😍

Appreciate it. Not excessive at all! Just the info I need. Ty

Mike you are the man!!👍👍👍🎉 That was a genius move packing that maderia.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤗 I'm going to remember that style of packing.😊👍 Great job Mike!!🤗👏👏👏👏👏

Amazing packaging. Thanks so much for sharing this!

Great video! I just forwarded this video to the nursery that packed my aloe Vera plant that arrived with broken tips TWICE!

Love your mindset👌 thank you for this video

A Top notch Quality. A+++. Great Job!

Awesome Video and Very Detailed! Thank You So Much For Sharing!

That’s brilliant, and so helpful! Thank you!

That is owesome Mike! Gracias.

I’m so nervous about shipping plants for the first time. This was very helpful. Thank you

You are the man!!👍🏾 Thank you so much for sharing!

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much ☺️

We're gonna try shipping plants tomorrow and will be using this. Thanks Sir Mike. Hopefully the plants will arrive in good shape. 🙏🙏🙏

Love watching you videos. I learn so much thank you.

Great job, Mike!

dem! this is creatively genius!! thanks bro!!

Good job, Mike...yay! :)

Thanks for sharing your method Mike

Extraordinary job!!

Awesome bro

Excellent vid! Thanks, Mike!

I am a beginner in shipping plants and this video taught all that’s needed to keep going successfully shipping plants 🌱 🪴 .. Thanku so much for your time and effort in sharing this 👍👏👏👏

Great video, thanks for showing step by step how to pack a plant, I thought this would be impossible until I saw your video Thanks👍

Thank you for sharing this! My dad just transitioned yesterday and he’s in another state. I want to bring his plants back home with me but I know I can’t fly with them so this video was absolutely helpful! 💛

Brilliant! Best how-to like, ever!

'Figgin' genius wrapping idea.👍😁

i loved watching the guy opening it, that was so satisfying

Brilliant!

I love the way you work with your plant you treat them with such. Delicate care I will like to buy from you

At first I was thinking that your cardboard layer was a bit of overkill, but then when I saw him psycho shower attack scene into that box, I realized that it also acts as a nice boxcutter shield. It's probably important to make sure that the receiver is able to unwrap the plant without damaging it in the process reasonably easily.

fantastic I went part time at work, but soon be done. I will love doing this.

That's an awesome video, awesomd technique- thanks buddy for sharing it - you made my day

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing 💓

I just can't stop smiling 😊😊😊

brilliant Mike brilliant ...use this now myself .thanks from Penzance Uk

Nice! This is a great idea, thank you for this info💡

Thanks for the timely help!

Love that! Thanks Mike

I'm not a business type; just wanted to send my out of state friend a mango tree sapling from my yard this summer, but this looks so good and safe! Great ideas, thanks so much for it, I'm sure it'll work out wonderfully. It occurs to me that if you're less worried about appearance you could also use unfolded cereal boxes or regular thick cardboard (when sliced/scored vertically every half inch inch or so on the outside, to allow for easy curving) instead of the thick cardboard paper to get the same stabilized effect too.

You done a great job nice lovely shape plant when received hope to use your technique stay Blessed

I love the method of taping it inside a cylinder to protect the plant. Regarding insulation and cold, two things I was wondering... Are you shipping via ground transportation or air? I'm thinking that the hold of a freight aircraft could get pretty cold at any time of year, so maybe a little insulation isn't a bad idea no matter the season. The other thing I was thinking is that some crumpled paper around the outside of the cylinder would probably do just as well as your bubble wrap did. Most insulation materials get their insulating properties from the air trapped inside them. You already have a pretty good skin around the outside with the box, tape and paper to prevent air movement from outside to inside. Any material that maintains air spaces and reduces the air's ability to move around should do a reasonable job for insulation. Crumple a piece to stuff in top and bottom and then a bunch around the gaps between the cylinder and the box to keep it kinda centred in the box and you're done and save a bit of tape. You can probably find a bunch of options for cheap or free sources of packing paper - depending on your volumes. Advertising flyers, old newspapers, junk mail, etc.

Really nice works. Thanks for Sharing with us mike😍

U are a wise young man!!!

I'm shikin from malaysia...thank you, Mike for your sharing 😍

Awesome video next time label bottom of plant. Love your videos I bet a lot of people use this technique for shipping.