RickCorey said:I had never thought about that either, only the risk of branches breaking off or pot tipping over....
If you train your mind to always be looking at the whole picture, as well as the individual parts, you will go far. Apply this practice in all you do, see, hear, read.... everything. It's a basic principle of clear thinking that unfortunately, not many people truly grasp.
----- Gosh, that sounds like something Master Po would say on the Kung Fu TV series! Honestly though, if you do this, you will begin to notice a difference in yourself.
What do you think: would shipping them moist, or dry, protect the root hairs better?
I suppose that if one could time the plant's watering just right, so roots would be just ever so slightly dehydrated, that would give them more flexibility. Thus, less damage would occur. The concept is sometimes employed for shipping flowers that otherwise might snap during the journey. But for roots, I would wager that it would be virtually impossible to regulate the water content, so the answer is "moist". One would never want wet soil; the constant bouncing and vibration would compact the soil, and remove a lot of the tiny air spaces that are critical to plant and soil health.
