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How do we ship plants? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How do we ship plants?

James Coconuts managing Shipping Department at TopTropicals

James Coconuts managing Shipping Department at TopTropicals

Plants packed in boxes and ready to go

Plants packed in boxes and ready to go

Plant packing conveyer

Plant packing conveyer

Mittens is a new Shipping hire

Mittens is a new Shipping hire

🚚 How do we ship plants?

🚚 How do we ship plants?

📦 More pictures of packing plants for the previous videos:

📸 In the pictures:
  • · James Coconuts managing Shipping Department at TopTropicals
  • · Plants packed in boxes and ready to go
  • · Plant packing conveyer
  • · Mittens is a new Shipping hire


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How do we ship plants, Part 3: it's Christmas - unwrapping is fun? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How do we ship plants, Part 3: its Christmas - unwrapping is fun?

How do we ship plants, Part 3: it's Christmas - unwrapping is fun?

🚚 How do we ship plants, Part 3: it's Christmas - unwrapping is fun?

How to take care of your mail order plant (potted plant)

When your plant arrives, carefully remove it from the box and water it right away.
  • ▫️Place it in bright light but out of direct sun for the first few days so it can recover from shipping.
  • ▫️Keep the soil evenly moist, not soggy.
  • ▫️After about a week, gradually introduce it to more sun or move it to its permanent spot.
  • ▫️Read detailed instructions.


🌴 How to plant your mail order plant in the ground
  • ▫️Don't put a new plant straight from the box into the ground!
  • ▫️First, pot it up and let it recover and grow strong for a few weeks.
  • ▫️Once it's well established, choose a sunny, well-drained spot outdoors.
  • ▫️Dig a hole twice as wide as the pot, place the plant at the same depth, and backfill with good, rich soil.
  • ▫️Water thoroughly to settle the roots and add mulch around the base, keeping it away from the stem.
  • ▫️Keep watering regularly until the plant takes off.
  • ▫️Read detailed instructions.


🎥 Part 3 shows you how to unpack a plant. Happy Gardening!

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10-minute recipe Bo La Lot with a leaf youve never cooked before! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

10-minute recipe Bo La Lot with a leaf youve never cooked before!

Bo La Lot recipe with Vietnamese pepper Lalot (Piper sarmentosum)

🍴 10-minute recipe Bo La Lot with a leaf you’ve never cooked before!
  • 🌮 Forget boring tacos - this wrap will blow your mind! In Vietnam they call it Bo La Lot - beef wrapped in peppery Lalot leaves.
  • 🌮 It started as grape leaf wraps in the Middle East, but in tropical Asia grapes don’t grow, so people swapped to Lalot. Way more flavor than grape leaves!
  • 🌮 Grilled beef, garlic, onion, lemongrass - all can be tucked into these shiny green leaves. Smoky, juicy, and so good you’ll wonder why you didn't try it sooner! It's better than grape leaf wraps, because it has so much flavor!
  • 🌮 Most large leaf pepper plants will work for this recipe - Vietnamese pepper Lalot (Piper sarmentosum), Betel Leaf (Piper betle), or even large leaves of the traditional Black Pepper plant (Piper nigrum).


🌯 BO LA LOT RECIPE

✔️ Ingredients
  • · 1 pound ground beef or turkey
  • · 2 tablespoons chopped lemongrass (optional)
  • · 1 tbsp spice powder
  • · 1 tbsp curry powder
  • · 1 tbsp finely minced garlic
  • · 1 tbsp oyster sauce or fish sauce (optional)
  • · 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • · 1 tbsp finely minced shallots
  • · 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • · 2 tsp sugar or honey
  • · 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • · 1/2 tbsp salt
  • · 10-15 fresh Lalot leaves

  • 👉 Directions

  • · Preheat the grill.
  • · Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well.
  • · Wrap about 2 tablespoons of the mixture into each betel leaf.
  • · Spear 3 to 4 betel leaf wraps onto a skewer and grill until the meat is thoroughly cooked.
  • · Be sure to eat immediately.


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📱 Growing Lalot Pepper

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How do we ship plants? Part 2: packing in the box. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How do we ship plants? Part 2: packing in the box

How do we ship plants? Part 2: packing in the box.

🚚 How do we ship plants? Part 2: packing in the box.
  • 📦 In the previous video (Part 1: prepare the plant), we showed you how to prepare a plant for shipping.

    • Now comes the most important step - boxing it up!
  • 📦 We’ll show you how to place the plant in the box, keep it snug and secure, and make sure i'’s ready for a safe trip from our nursery to your door.
  • 📦 Watch out for shipping confirmation email to avoid your package sitting on a hot porch or freezing doorstep.


🎥 Part 2 shows you how to pack a plant.

❗️Stay tuned - the final step is coming in Part 3!

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