Anybody can help me with packing rooted cuttings?

One is in a 20 oz cup (perlite/vermiculite)
one is in a 1 gal pot (potting soil).

Should I pack them like they are in containers or it is better to go bare root?
How to seal the soil and preserve the stem, if to ship in pots is a better idea?
What materials to use?

The shipping companies don't care where the "top" of a box is.

Thanks!

When someone sent me a cupped cutting they put tape over the top of the cup to prevent soil loss and taped another cup upside down on the first to prevent leaf damage. It arrived in beautiful condition.

Ah, thanks! That should work. So for 1 gal I will need to find some long cover to keep the plant safe. An empty 1 gal may be not long enough.

Shipping all the soil in a 1 gallon is going to be expensive. Would a 2 liter cover the top taped on?

Yes, it will, thanks. 
I know that 1 gal will become heavy, that's why I asked if shipping bare root is not a problem.
I assume, the root can be housed in an empty cup/pot with some damp peat (or dry is better?) but I don't know how easy for the plant to survive a 3-day trip.

I get them in the mail a lot. If the roots are kept damp it should be fine. I'm finding lots of wet newspaper on mine this year.

Greenfig,

Sending a 1 gallon sized figlet bare root will be OK.  I received a figlet that way this winter.  Problem is I don't remember how the roots were handled......maybe very slightly damp spag moss or shredded paper (like from your paper shredder at home).  Could have also been a section of damp paper towel.

Thank you all for the suggestions! I got the idea, will come up with something!
I am going to use popcorn around the containers, that should keep them in place and prevent bouncing inside the box.

Greenfig, there is no end to the abuse a plant will get in the mail. It will be thrown, dropped, piled on and may end up on it's head for a greater portion of the trip, so plan ahead. I've received potted plants that were just about bare rooted from the shipping abuse. I've also received many broke tops on trees.

Fill the cup or pot to the brim and over with damp new print wrapped round and round. Then tape or use rubber bands to hold the paper in place. Make sure there is no place that the soil isn't covered because it will find it's way out. It's not a bad idea to put only the cup or pot in a plastic bag to contain the moisture, don't put the top in the bag. Another concern is the tree landing on it's head and getting smashed, breaking the top of the tree. A good way to prevent this and also protect the leaves and branches is to roll a piece of cardboard into a cylinder just a little smaller the the top of the pot or cup. Place in on the taped up news print and plastic bag then tape it to the cup or pot, don't spare the tape. Put the protected plant in the shipping box and cut the cylinder even with the end of the box. You do not want any play between the cylinder and the interior of the shipping box. You can stuff peanuts around the it to keep it from shifting or mashing. It will take a little effort but it will insure your plant will arrive safely.

Good luck,
"gene"

ps: a styrofoam cup makes a very poor shipping container and is sure to be broken during shippment.

I have shipped trees in  cylinder tubes using methods described above to prevent spillage.  Measure the potted tree vertically setting beside the  vertical cylinder.  At the top of the pot, mark the cylinder, rotate it 180 degrees and mark again.  Use a drill, ice pick, screwdriver and punch 4 holes at the marked points, no more than 1 to 1 1/2 apart on each side.  Put the prepared tree in the tube and thread strings through the tube and tie tightly and cover with shipping tape.  This prevents the contents from shifting very much during shipping.

Basically you have to secure the root ball to the pot and the pot to the box. I put something like a piece of foam or bubble wrap on top of the soil (making it higher than the edge of the cup), enclose the pot in a plastic bag, run tape around vertically. I use a strip of wood the size of the box, tape the pot to the wood, hot glue the wood to the box. I have a table saw so it’s easy for me to rip off strips of wood about 1/8 inch thick.

yupe. pack the top of the soil with moist paper towel or something so the soil and the root ball doesn't fall out. then i use super market plastic bag to cover the container and tie around the trunk of the cutting, double bag 'em. i secure the whole thing to the bottom of the box using wire tie used for gardening. so far so good. haven't heard any serious problem yet.

tho.. cuttings that were rooted over the winter might be a problem. i'll have to think of some other way to secure the pot to the box. if i wrap around the outside of the platic bag at the bottom around the cutting, newly rooted cutting might get cut off, or shifted during the shipping.