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cook`s carnivores speed

18 years ago

Does anyone know how long it takes for cook`s carnivorous plants to ship a plant to you? I like carnivorous plants and I like to get them quick! Also what is the survival rate for plants gotten at lowes, home depot, and wal-mart?

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necro1234
18 years ago
Depends on how long it takes for him to process the order.
Ive heard he has gone back to a full time job so he is a tad pushed for time, the plants are sent via USPS priority and once the order is processed (you are billed) it takes 2 days to get to me in Salt Lake which is the same shipping speed as done by Cobraplant, they ship faster though because their processing time is always quick.
My last order took a week for the plants to get here, before that took a total of 3 days.

Cheers

Sheldon
lleopardggecko
18 years ago
It can take quite a while for Cook's to ship your plants to you. However, once they're in the mail, it rarely takes more than two days to get them.

As for survival rate of plants purchased from those stores, it really depends on how healthy they are when you get them and if you give them good conditions right way. Most CPs can be nursed back to health and can grow into amazing looking plants. I've rescued many plants from Home Depot and Lowe's and they're all growing great right now, despite many of them not being in excellent shape when I bought them.
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akheadbanger
18 years ago
I just orderd, They Said 7-10 buisnes days (about a week and a half) for youre order to be procsed and shipped so like every one ealse has said it takes about no more than 2 days once the orders procsesd.

Hope find what you want
Cheers
lleopardggecko
18 years ago
Hey headbanger, what plants did you order?
akheadbanger
18 years ago
1 Nep. X (judith finn)
1 Drosera capensis Alba
1 Drosera aliciae
1 Drosera spatulata Clump

All of the Destend for my Terrium except for the Spatulata clump, well now im questioning cause it said on cooks they tolorated cooler temperatures... I think i need to go check out Cooks again, do the Spatulata have dormancy periods or are they tropical?!? oh well if they are thats just one more plant for the Terrium doesnt bother me!

Cheers
akheadbanger
18 years ago
It says that they Require Winter dormancy, And in The savage garden it says that PG 142 paragraph 3 says "many forms of derosera spatulata come from Tropical Climates" so does this mean that mine will not need a dormancy period? or does cooks just contradict this, seeing as they grow the plant they know its growing habbits shoudnt they?
http://www.flytraps.com/newlook/product.asp?pid=dro10&from=s
?????
If they arent selling the white flower varaity why say that on their?

Thanks for any help.
Cheers
necro1234
18 years ago
Hi

I looked this up and asked Jeff and Jacob about their plants, they DO NOT need a dormency at all.
Each plant you have there will grow happily as per a tropical enviroment.

Cheers

Sheldon
akheadbanger
18 years ago
Oh yea i got a Rotdunfoila i know that has a winter dormancy It grew with S. Purpurea

Thanks
llamadog903
Original Author
18 years ago
I have another question what kind of sphagnum moss does cook's carnivorous plants use because I got my plant yesterday.
necro1234
18 years ago
Well it depends.
I notice that my Nepenthes come in live and/or dried sphagnum moss where my other plants like VFT's have come in dried sphagnum that has been soaked and used to keep the roots wet during transportaion.

Cheers

Sheldon
acura323
18 years ago
hey llama when did you order from cooks b/c i ordered from him on 9/30 and have not heard anything at all from him. thanks
llamadog903
Original Author
18 years ago
I ordered it on 10/2/05
necro1234
18 years ago
acura323 mabey you should give him a call?
I see that he does provide his number on his site.

Cheers

Sheldon
acura323
18 years ago
yea i keep calling but they dont pick up thanks anyway
necro1234
18 years ago
Sheesh that sux

I know he took a lot longer last time when I ordered my Neps from him, he has always shipped within a few days and the package was here within a week.
Last time took about two weeks but it did at least arrive.
Ive never got any email responces from him though, Ive always just put it down to him been too busy.

Hope you hear from him soon!!

Oh PS, mabey hunt him down on EBAY and send a message through ebay as well, I think he uses the profile name of "flytraps"

Cheers

Sheldon
acura323
18 years ago
ok i finally got in contact with him it seems that they made a mistake on the address and sent it to a address that didnt exist so they had it sent back to them. so he said that he will send me new plants on monday. i knew something was wrong cause it was taking way too long. anyways thanks all
necro1234
18 years ago
Well glad you finally got through!!!

Hope your plants arrive soon.

Cheers

Sheldon

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