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Originally Posted by endeitz
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The few banana plants I have ordered over the internet have typically arrived in a tube-style box, bare-root with some damp paper shreds packed among the roots, plastic around the rootball, and some package material between the pseudostem and the interior of the tube. Typically, a couple of leaves are left on.
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That's a good system. For bananas, leave the unfurling leaf alone, but the other 3 or 4 remaining -- cut their length in half.
It's illegal to ship to many states and counties without particular certifications. Any U.S. mail marked "plant" shipped into California better have the certificate showing in the mailing sleave. Unmarked packages, and packages sent through other shippers do not receive as much scrutiny unless they are in a rare county or district. You can abide by the spirit of the law by cleaning your plant material, then spraying with Spinosad, and also with an 0.01% solution of Physan 20 or an OMRI fungicide. What ever it is you are shipping, read up on the plant to make sure it does not play host to some nightmare problem for a crop at the destination.