Plant Packaging

lfabargain

morning all, I've been looking for an online web site that sells plastic plug-plant packaging (blister packs) to send plants through the post. Tried searching on google without much luck. Has anyone ordered anything like this before and have any recommendations.

Thanks

Gardenia101_2

I am in a similar situation so have been doing some detective work.

Plants that I have received recently via Ebay, T&M and Van Meuwen have voges printed on the packaging.

I have found the company at voges.nl, but it is not obvious how to place an order.

Ray

lfabargain

Gardenia101 wrote: »

I am in a similar situation so have been doing some detective work.

Plants that I have received recently via Ebay, T&M and Van Meuwen have voges printed on the packaging.

I have found the company at voges.nl, but it is not obvious how to place an order.

Ray

Thanks for that Ray. I was checking their website and found this on their FAQ's

"What are minimum quantities to order?
If the required product is a stock item, a minimum order quantity could start at 500 pcs. Call us at +31-252-515265 for accurate information"

Wonder if there is a UK distributor for these ?-252-515265 for accurate information

lfabargain

Ray, just found this UK distributor on the voges site after I had made my last post :doh:

Hope this helps ?

http://www.geerings.co.uk/blisterpacks.html

peter_the_piper

The last time we used something like this we had to buy a case of 500. once used up(took over 3 years)we didn't bother again. Now I use a cardboard box (5 cd size)and some webbing to absorb any excess moisture. I found that the blister pack allowed the plants to sweat too much and sometimes botritus set in.

Gardenia101_2

Thanks Ifa, thanks peter, for two very helpful posts.
(I'm so glad I discovered this forum!)

When I eventually get round to selling on Ebay, I'm going to try both methods at first and see which is best for me.

Incidentally, Ifa, the voges blister packs I've seen have been designed for plants grown in Jiffy 7s.(which I don't use at present).

Gardenia101_2

Re: packaging size/Jiffy 7s

Oops, I should have looked at the Geerings site more carefully, they obviously cater for lots of pot sizes. (I still haven't woken up yet!)

Ray

lfabargain

peter_the_piper wrote: »

The last time we used something like this we had to buy a case of 500. once used up(took over 3 years)we didn't bother again. Now I use a cardboard box (5 cd size)and some webbing to absorb any excess moisture. I found that the blister pack allowed the plants to sweat too much and sometimes botritus set in.

Do you purchase these boxes from a supplier or just make them up yourself ? Also how do you ensure that the soil stays where it is supposed to during transit ? Apologies for all the questions.

Thanks

Jason

Plantman_2

hi
we buy them from geerings but the min order is 1000 so if you only what a few or a box of 250 let me now and i will get you some next week
Neil

peter_the_piper

lfabargain wrote: »

Do you purchase these boxes from a supplier or just make them up yourself ? Also how do you ensure that the soil stays where it is supposed to during transit ? Apologies for all the questions.

Thanks

Jason

We got our last lot from http://www.packaging2u.co.uk/postalboxesbc and cost about 35p each +vat. great for up to 8 jiffy 7 plants.Only send plants grown in jiffy 7's

popeye39

Plantman wrote: »

hi
we buy them from geerings but the min order is 1000 so if you only what a few or a box of 250 let me now and i will get you some next week
Neil

hi
do you still have any blister packs, if so what size plants are they for?
thanks
rob