SummerintheSouth wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:15 pm 1. Can I ask for seeds if I don't have any yet to contribute?
2. Would this seed from 2020 be appropriate for MMMM?
Identity unknown - looks like an Artisan tomato (Green or Lucky Tiger) or similar - came in a flat of unlabeled seedlings.
stripy tomato - 1.jpeg
In a 2014 thread at Tomatoville, Fred Hempel, the breeder said he was applying for Protected Plant Variety (PVP) for Lucky Tiger.
A lawyer on the thread commented that it was legal to save seed of a PVP variety for your own use, and even give it away in trade, but it may not be sold.
3. If I have more than 5 seeds to contribute, should I bag them as 5 seed units or just send a bunch?
4. Should I do a germ test first?
5. What seed containment devices are recommended?

Toomanymatoes wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:02 pm Any Canadian residents have any problems sending in seeds for the swap?

Should I assemble the shipping package in any specific way to make things easier? Multiple packages if I am sending a lot of seed packets? I could easily send 500 packets.

All my seeds are in small plastic zip bags placed into larger zip bags.

Thanks.

Tormato wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:44 am

Toomanymatoes wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:02 pm Any Canadian residents have any problems sending in seeds for the swap?

Should I assemble the shipping package in any specific way to make things easier? Multiple packages if I am sending a lot of seed packets? I could easily send 500 packets.

All my seeds are in small plastic zip bags placed into larger zip bags.

Thanks.

Covid may have changed international mailing "inspections" a bit. In a decade plus of hosting the swap (about 1,000 packages domestic, about 100 to Canada, and about 50 overseas), I've had 5 packages (3 going out - Bermuda, Australia, and France, along with 2 coming in - Germany routed through Canada, and another long forgotten), not make it. 3 of those 5 were last year. 2 of those 3 were business-sized envelopes about a 1/4" thick (which likely raised suspicions). I don't believe I've ever had a bubble mailer not make it here, being sent from Canada, or anywhere else.

I, along with a few others, declare on the customs form that the contents have no value, and that they are a "gift". I simply list them as seeds, and the number of packs.

500 packs is a lot (for a non-domestic mailing). Perhaps you should PM me a list of what you could send. I recommend sending 2 bubble mailers maximum, perhaps just one will do.

When sending many packs of a single variety, either putting all of those packs into a larger zip baggie (as you seem to be doing?), or a rubber band around the group works. STAPLES DO NOT WORK. The edges can cut open other baggies in the package. And, elaborate taping together of packs means that I have just as much work to untape them.

Spike wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:48 pm I don't really have many tomato seeds but lots of others. Can I still play too?

Spike wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:48 pm I don't really have many tomato seeds but lots of others. Can I still play too?

Spike wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:45 pm I have to ask. One thing I am confused over. To join in the swap, how many seeds/packets are you supposed to send in?

• labeled seed packets (10/type)

• printed list/description of what I sent

• printed wish list

• new self-addressed 9"x6" bubble mailer

• cash for postage

MissS wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:55 pm

Spike wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:45 pm I have to ask. One thing I am confused over. To join in the swap, how many seeds/packets are you supposed to send in?

One! One and a smile gets you into the swap.

There are different sections to the swap. The Wish List, The bonus seeds, the Nifty Fifty and the Categories.

This is your first swap so just stick with the Wish List and the Categories. The Categories need at least 5 seeds per pack and 10 packs of the same seed goes into one category.

OhioGardener wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:22 am

MissS wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:55 pm

Spike wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:45 pm I have to ask. One thing I am confused over. To join in the swap, how many seeds/packets are you supposed to send in?

One! One and a smile gets you into the swap.

There are different sections to the swap. The Wish List, The bonus seeds, the Nifty Fifty and the Categories.

This is your first swap so just stick with the Wish List and the Categories. The Categories need at least 5 seeds per pack and 10 packs of the same seed goes into one category.

I must have missed it somewhere. What is the bonus section?

The Bonus Seeds are where you send in your extra packs of seeds. It does not have to be in 10 pack lots but does have to be a minimum of 5 seeds per pack. I always try to send in as many extra seed packs as I can for the bonus section. This is what makes our parcels so very fat and full.