Freight and Dispatch Information

Benson Micropropagation (BMp) dispatches all of our plants in polypropylene containers (tubs). There are 34 plants per tub (3 tubs is 100 plants, plus 2 for overage). There are three sizes of tubs that we use, all have 120mm diameter, depending on how tall the plants grow in vitro we use the most appropriate of the 3 heights available;- 80mm (C20), 60mm (C16) or 45mm (C10).

At BMp we do all of our dispatching for Australia on Mondays unless it is a public holiday in Queensland, then we dispatch on Tuesday. This gets the plants to our customers by mid week to enable them to be planted out before the weekend. We do not change this schedule. Invoices are enclosed with the shipment and a copy is faxed to the customer with the name of the freight company and the consignment note number.

Overseas orders are dispatched on the most appropriate day i.e. for the US we dispatch on Friday, so the plants are ready to go through quarantine on the Monday morning. As each country is different, we have the flexibility to adjust our dispatch days.

By reducing the temperature of the shelves in the growth room BMp is able to reduce the relative humidity in the culture vessel. This makes the plants better able to cope with the trauma of the move from in vitro to in vivo conditions. When the plants leave BMp they are ready to plant-out. Some of our customers have left plants in the dispatch containers with the lids off for a few days after they arrive in an attempt to help them acclimatise. BMp does not recommend doing this with our plants. Plant them out as soon as you can.

The plants are shipped in specifically made boxes, (as in the photos).
We have three sizes;-

330mmx610mmx370mm which holds 60*C20s (2,000 plants) or 75*C16s (2,500 plants)

230(200) mmx490mmx370mm which holds 36*C20s (1,200 plants) or 36*C16s (1,200 plants) or 60*C10s (2,000 plants)

200mmx370mmx370mm which holds 27*C16s (900 plants) or 36*C10s (1,200 plants)