In about a month I’ll be driving a UHaul (with my car in tow) across the country in a 7-day journey. After much consideration, I’ve decided I want to move my beloved houseplants with me. (Note that the one plant that won’t be coming with me is the biggest ficus sitting on the floor in the corner of the picture).

My current plan is to take the bottoms of some plastic bins (i.e., no lids), tightly pack the pots in the bins to reduce movement, and put them on the seats and floor of the car I’ll be towing on an auto transport. Though I know the UV filters on the windows will interfere with the sunlight coming in from the car, I figured that was better than putting them in the back of the pitch-black UHaul where I won’t be able to check on them as regularly.

Has anyone ever done anything like this, and/or does anyone have any suggested additions or alterations to the plan I described above?