Ship hardies with pads & roots cut off?

[Kat]

Has anyone ever bought/traded for hardies & received them with all but 1 pad cut off & the roots trimmed down to about 1/2"?  If so, how long for them to recover?  What is the purpose of trimming the plant so much?

[Joyce]

I ship them that way a lot.
Especially if they are yanked from the mud pond...just too big and unweildy if I don't trim back this time of year.
I am shipping some plants out tomorrow that way.
They recover no problem.

[Kat]

Joyce I can understand that with your BIG mud pond grown lilies, but the ones I got were only about 3-4" long per tuber.  No need for them to have been trimmed so much especially since there was plenty of room in the Flat Rate box & the weight ended up being less than 2 lbs.  Hope they do recover as quickly as you say. 

[Joyce]

There wont be any problem.
I just sheared off ALL my Helvola pads and buds because the 2 plants got so entwined I couldn't repot them without ripping the 2 pots apart.
Then I rudely repotted them, cuz it was very buggy and almost dark...and all the pads are grown back now less than 2 weeks later.

[Vickie]

I have got a tropical lily that way. And it took all summer to recover and did not tuber for me.

[Marie Fisher]

Trim roots some, depending on how big they are. But the person receiving the plant needs
roots  to even anchor plant in pot.  Otherwise, it floats off.  And  if plant does recover
takes all season to do that. If a plant is shipped with few roots at least, it will  recover
from shipping quickly and bloom soon in its new home.  Good example: I bought 1000 petals,
and it was into second season before it recovered. Will call no names, but was from a grower
that everyone would recognize.  I didn't appreciate receiving plant like that.  In other words,
I got a rhizome, that's all, not plant as advertised. Speaking strictly for myself, I prefer to have
few roots, and at least 2 or 3 leaves at least.  Kat, I would guess the person who shipped to
you like that was not experienced shipper and didn't know any better.  Wish you luck with it!

Marie

[Kat]

They are healthy looking enough with buds left on them & I'm hoping that they will recover quickly.  Will put some bigger rocks over the tuber & without big fish messing with them they should stay planted.  Plus I cleared some space so they'll have a trough all to themselves without any larger lilies to crowd them out.  Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Vickie]

Good luck Kat. I hope they grow for you.

[sooks]

I HATE getting plants with no roots.. it's soo much more work... and they take forever to grow!!  

[bunny56lbc]

I've gotten them that way...always hated it too..seemed to take them a while to
jump back too..

bonnie

[matherfish]

I guess it would be easier to ship without leaves and roots. Much faster to cut everything off than to wash all soil out of roots and wash all of the pads and stems clean. I trim some roots if needed to remove soil, and remove any yellowing or damaged pads but leave the rest of the pads. Unless the leaves "melt" in the heat from shipping, the customer should receive a plant with several pads. The plants with roots and leaves removed might come back, but not as quickly as they would have otherwise. I agree with Marie, without pads and roots you are just getting a tuber, not a plant. I now understand why an Ebay customer asked me if the plant I had advertised had roots and leaves. I did not realize anyone shipped "plants" any other way. 

[Kat]

Thanks everyone.  Well, at least now I know that it isn't the norm for them to be shipped that way. 

[LeeAnne151]

Raccoon got into my "holding pond" and ripped baby Georgia Peach and Little Sue up and chewed off pads and roots. Rhizomes won't stay planted now. Would tick me off if I received one I paid for like that....

[Desertponder]

I will clean them up a bit, trim off old black roots and trim off any pads that are beat up etc. but I don't completely strip them down.
Can't say that I've ever received one intentionally trimmed back that much.

[frloplady]

I can see the big pads because they never survive long after they get here anyway, but seems some root should be left so they can get a good start..and as some have said a way to keep them in the soil!

[Kat]

I will pinch off the oldest pads & maybe a couple others if the lilies are really big with very limited box space when I ship mine.

On a good note I'm seeing some baby pads & all are staying planted