PapaBearJay
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Thanks for the feedback. I was just trying to find creative and economic ways to swap hop plants.
BR, your initial idea works. Let me present the idea this way. By providing moisture, the plant (hopefully) won't dry out during its voyage. By closing the bag, you're preventing the moisture from escaping. Using cold water to dampen the paper towels, you lower the temperature and therefore lower the amount of respiration occurring in the plant tissue wrapped inside (it's not dead yet!).
The only issue then is to make sure the plant tissue arrives in time before one of several things happens. The most obvious being the cutting dehydrates before it reaches its destination. Second, fungal spores and insects, careful inspection should go into making sure the material is clean from pests. Third, viruses, while many plants are free from all issues, material should only be shared from clean stock. Remember that some varieties are also asymptomatic carriers as well.
Fair warning to all!
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