Has anyone tried shipping peaches through the mail, UPS, etc.? I have some peaches that I want to ship to a family member a few states away. I have tried a few different shipping methods with about a 50% success rate with the fruit getting there undamaged enough to eat. I ship them while they are still hard or 99% hard. I used cold packs in a styrofoam cooler with the peaches bubble wrapped between the layers. I shipped them overnight ( their overnight is always two days either with the PO or UPS) AND expensive as it can be. Three day PO is cheaper but still the same % results of eatable fruit.
Thank you for your help or suggestions.
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I just shipped some peaches halfway across the U.S. to my daughter. I didn’t use a cold pack, but shipped them two day shipping USPS. I picked them pretty firm and packed them in a plastic clam which holds each peach individually. Before I packed the peaches in the clam, I wrapped them in tissue paper, for extra cushion, then put the clam in a box with more tissue paper.
My daughter said all but one arrived in perfect condition. One was bruised pretty bad, but she ate it right away.
I wouldn’t do it for anyone else, but my daughter was homesick for her favorite peach variety, so I shipped them. The cost of shipping was way more than any cost of peaches one could buy in her locale, so economically it doesn’t make sense.
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I shipped half a dozen peaches from NC to Colorado. Each peach was wrapped in bubble wrap and they arrived in good condition
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I need to ship them from the place you did. I had only about 50% success rate with the peaches I sent not being smashed. I use bubble wrap and also those little air bags to stuff around the sides. I picked them when they were still pretty hard.
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I like your idea of the clam. I am not sure where to buy those. That was the same reason I shipped mine. I sent them to my daughter in college. I hoped it made her less home sick. The shipping costs were $o expen$ive, wow!! I agree with you I spend so much on the shipping alone she could have bough two bushels of local peaches and still had money left over.
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Somebody gave me the clam I used. It’s designed for a dozen apples. I cut it in half and shipped half a dozen peaches.
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