Can bulbs be mailed in bubble mailers?

Can bulbs be mailed in bubble mailers?
Frank Cooper (Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:49:56 PST)

Under 1/4" requires a real person such as a window clerk or a Mailhandler to separate it. If it is dropped into a mail slot and not picked up on the thick pile of letters on the belt it may not be mechanically separated because it can slide under the rollers that kick any thicker items out. So taking them to the window is a good idea.

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On Nov 12, 2019, 10:13 PM, at 10:13 PM, Joe G <joseph.andrew.gorman@gmail.com> wrote:

For the seeds I've mailed out this year, multiple local post offices
have
given me a confusing set of rules - envelopes under 1/4" thick send
with a ~
$1.00 nonmachineable stamp, but any envelopes over 1/4" thick are
charged
package rates. I use two or three layers of the thin foam packaging
that
comes on flat-pack furniture and such. I haven't gotten any complaints
about crushed seeds (mostly milkweeds); hopefully I don't hear any bad
news
in the spring!

-joe in SW VA where nighttime temps tonight are forecast to be 35°F
below
average and all the pots of seedlings I had considered bringing inside
are
frozen to my nursery tables.

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 8:27 PM Frank Cooper <> wrote:

If it is not over 1/4" thick there is little to protect an envelope

from

going into the canceling machine if is letter sized. Always make

sure

packages that are envelope sized are over 1/4"
and preferably evenly flat. The trouble with bubble packs is if

the

seal is not flat or if it is stapled.
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On Nov 12, 2019, 6:14 PM, at 6:14 PM, Diane <voltaire@islandnet.com>
wrote:

Not just bulbs. I received squashed nerine seeds once.

Diane Whitehead
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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