It's official! We have enough participants from davesgarden and other forums to proceed with the tomato and pepper swap. Here are the guidelines we will follow for this swap.
1) Seeds must be received by me no later than November 28th, so I recommend you mail your envelope no later than November 20th .
2) You can send named varieties of tomatoes or peppers (or both). A minimum of 10 seeds per packet. A maximum of 5 packets of the same seed. An overall maximum of 25 packets per person.
Please ensure seed packets are clearly marked with the name, and whether they are heirloom, OP, or hybrids. If you are sending a non-commercial hybrid, please note the parent plant if known. If seeds are from a commercial source, please note that as well.
3) If you send tomato seeds, you will receive tomato seeds in return. The same idea for peppers, unless you include a note indicating you are open to receiving either in return.
4) Please include a list of what you are sending, your wish list and if there are any seeds you do not want to receive. If you are only interested in heirloom or OP, please tell me that as well. I will try my best to accommodate your wish list, but there are no guarantees of course. The variety will be completely dependent on what is sent in.
5) You will need to mail your seeds along with $1.15 in return postage (for Canada and the US). $1.60 for those outside Canada and the US. You can send Canadian postage stamps, usd or canadian money to pay for return postage, or if you prefer, funds could be credited to my paypal account and I'll buy the stamps.
If you are sending 10 or less seed packets, you should be fine just mailing in a
regular envelope with seeds wrapped in tissue (I am happy to provide the return
envelope in this case).
If you are sending more than 10 seed packets, I would recommend you send a bubble envelope and I will reuse the same bubble envelope to return your surprise seeds to you.
6) I will email you privately with my mailing address once you have posted here to express your interest in participating. If you have already responded to my previous posting, no need to repost, I will contact you within the next couple of days.
Any questions. Please let me know. Let's have fun trading!!!!
Thanks……Heather
This message was edited Nov 10, 2008 9:22 AM
CLOSED: Official Tomato and Pepper Seed Swap - It's a go!
So far I have the following D.G. members that have expressed an interest in participating in the swap:
Twiggybuds
Spookycharles
Roserairie
LavinaMae
Tuinkabouter
Ana3
We have several from Gardenweb Canada as well that will join in. Looking forward to swapping with everyone.
.....Heather
Add me to the list.
Z
Me too please!
Lena
I'd like to get in on this one.
Lee
Me too please.
Participation is growing quickly every day. so far we have 28 people particpating from daves garden and other forums. I fully expect quite a few more to join in on our fun.
If you've been sitting on the sidelines, wondering if you should participate....don't be shy. The more the merrier :) We should have a good variety of seeds for swapping.
.....Heather
This message was edited Nov 10, 2008 9:23 AM
I'd like to join!
Me too Please
I'm in
We're up to 35 participants so far. Don't be shy, the more the merrier. Come join in the fun!
I would like to join please.
So far, I have the following D.G. members participating in the swap.
luvs2garden2000
sanpedro
ByndeweedBeth
LenaBeanNZ
MichaelZ
Tuinkabouter
Spookycharles
Ana3
LavinaMae
roserairie
twiggybuds
Potagere
gardengus
toy747
dhemmer
tantaw0
Have I missed anyone?
We're up to 38 including members from other forums.
This message was edited Nov 11, 2008 9:52 AM
Add me to the list too. I'll send my seeds this weekend.
Heather, is it too late to get in on this? I've been keeping an eye on this thread, but was not secure with how to save seed for trading. That is, till I saw the article about fermenting and cleaning them! It worked like a charm, so now I have some nice, clean seeds that look just like those I buy :-)
I just got these out of the slurry yesterday, so they still need time to dry (3 weeks according to the article, and I've been advised not to get in a hurry about it), but there will still be plenty of time to get the seeds out in time (I think?).
Neal
Hi Neal,
There's still lots of time to get in. I sent you a d mail with the details. Glad you can join us.
.....Heather
Everyone that has expressed an interest so far has been sent a private d.g. mail with details and mailing address.
We're now up to 44 participants. This is going to be a fun swap. Don't forget to enclose your wish lists when you send me your seeds. If you forgot to enclose your list, feel free to send me a d-mail listing any tomato or pepper seeds you may be looking for.
Have a fantastic day everyone!
Dropped my seeds in the mail today.
Rose
I would also be interested.
RatherB
We're up to 52 participants. Lots of time to join in the exchange if you've been thinking about it. Come join us.....Heather
Hi Heather, Can I join too?
Jen
Yesterday, I received seeds from the following members:
Tuinkabouter
There's still time to join in.
jnajarian84 - Glad you can join us. I sent you a private d-mail.
I've got my seeds ready to go, but need to go to the post office to check postage to canada!
Just a note, I had to get a customs declaration at the post office. Had to do it in person. I am assuming that was because it was a larger envelope, but not sure. I should have asked more questions. At any rate, mine went in the mail yesterday. I hope they don't get held up in customs. Z
going to post office this week if not 1st of next week so will get mine out then.
Silly Michael!
You actually TOLD them (the PO) you were mailing seeds?
Oh, my!
ok so dont tell?
I've done it before and called it "hobby supplies" which was true since they were flower seeds.
Thanks for the updates everyone. Will let you know when your packages arrive.
As an aside, most of the folks I trade with in the US just toss their envelopes in with the regular lettermail and I've never had any difficulty receiving seeds. Haven't had one go astray yet.
We're up to 56 participants and still going strong. :)
Count me in, Please
Just got back from the post office and the seeds are on the way! I told the PO worker that it was seeds, but she said there was no need for any paper work to be filled out.
Off topic, but, my local postal branch is one of the worst in the city. I don't know what their problem is but there seems to be a deep seated morale issue there. And when they do get an efficient and pleasant clerk there, that person doesn't stay long. Sorry, but you gave me an opening to whine. :-) Z
Michael, I've lived in a town with a PO like that, but almost everyone behind the counter in that town was like that, LOL. I'm really lucky to have a bunch of nice women who work at our PO. I showed up at 4:30 with 40 boxes of lily bulbs for a co op I did (I was rushing it all day to get there earlier, but the task was pretty big, lol). I kept them till 20 minutes after closing- I was just sure they'd hate me. Ended up talking with them and joking around, told them I hoped the over time let them splurge on something, and brought them all a bag of lily bulbs with the next day's pile of boxes. They've all enjoyed the flowers and been extra helpful since.
We're up to 60 participants from a couple of different forums and the envelopes are starting to arrive. I just finished adding the varieties to my spreadsheet.
I'm quite amazed actually....I've only received 4 envelopes so far, and we have 44 different types of tomato seeds and 37 different types of pepper. This isn't counting the variety I will be adding to the pot.
Come join us for the fun...there is still time :)
I mailed mine today. This is so exciting.
Wow! What a huge variety there will be!
Wos, this is exciting! I'm looking forward to trying new types this spring!!
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Thanks Heather.
Lelan.
ZZTOPSOIL - welcome! Glad you can join us. I just sent you a d-mail with the details.