Please have a look at my tradinglist. I'm looking for seeds that will grow in my area (zone 6). It may be perennials, annuals, veggies, herbs, or anything else.
who wants to trade seeds
I have a great deal of seeds for perennials, annuals, some vegetables and herbs. I have never mailed anything international, so I need to know what is involved.
Carol
Hello Carol,
I mailed and received seeds to several countries in Europe. I suppose there is no difference in sending seeds to the USA or sending seeds to Europe from the USA. The stamp may be a bit more expensive.
Protecting the seeds is important, because postings here are sorted by a machine.
Hope to be your first foreign trader.
Kind regards,
Jonna
It depends on the country you are sending to. Some country requires a plant certificate and some don't. Seeds are much easier to send than live plant. ALL live plants coming in to the US requires a plant certificates, which can sometime be expensive. Usually, if you are buying from a plant company they will provide that for you, but you may need to pay a fee.
Sending anything out of the US other than letters would probably requires you to fill out a Customs Declaration. If you are receiving an item Internationally and it does not meet Agriculture guildeline, it could get intercepted by Agriculture. If that does happen, they would just take the item out of the envelope/package and attach a note that your package was intercepted by Agriculture department.
We all take our chances when trading internationally.
Your best bet is for Jonna to put on the package a label that says:
Small Lot Of Seeds
Tagetes erecta - or whatever the scientific name of the seeds are.
Carol you need to go to the USDA site and see if what you will be getting is on the invasive list for your state.
Make sure you put the seeds in a clear plastic bag and label the bag. That way, if customs does open the package they can see the seeds easily.
Going out is easy for the most part .. coming in is the hard part.
X
The post office will give you a form to fill out what kind of seeds are in the package and they put that on the front of the envelope, that's what I usually do, knock on wood I've never had any problems :) You do need to know what is invasive to that country though like X said.
Lea
Well, there maybe some rules here, every country has agriculture guidlines, but normally they won't check the post. Anyway, I see no problems at my side and just a small risk of loosing a stamp and some seed. Trading worldwide gives a lot of chances to get seed of plants that are not available in your own country.
Hi Jonna,
Trading with the Netherlands won't be difficult at all. Here is a list of all seeds I have. You may find some things on it that you like!
http://www.freewebs.com/belevenissen-van-een-tuinkabouter/apps/webstore/
PS
If the link doesn't work, you can also look at my trade list but it is not entirely up to date.....
Please send me d-mail if you're interested!
Jonna,
I hate to disappoint you but I don't think I can handle sending seeds to you; there is just too much red tape. I am so glad the Netherlands member contacted you; she is an excelent member.
Good Luck,
Carol
Hello Carol,
Don't feel sorry for me. Not only the dutch member contacted me, also a few other people have sent me a D-mail, saying they are willing to trade with me. If you ever change your mind, I'll be happy to trade with you. Thanks anyway for your time.
Kind regards,
Jonna
Hello Joseph,
I'd like to have the seeds of Salvia transylvanica. I will send you the seeds of Geranium endressii. I sent you a d-mail with my details.
Kind regards,
Jonna
To Joseph,
What is the method you will use in sending seed/ seeds? I am still interested in trading, but a little shell-shocked after everyone told me all I might have to do.
Carol
Kawonkamish(Greetings),
If anyone needs to look up any plants for trades, here is the link to the USDA Federal & State List of Invasive and Noxious Weeds: http://plants.usda.gov/java/noxComposite?stateRpt=yes
Aquene(Peace),
Moe/WautuckquesSochepo(SnowRabbit)