SRGC Seed Exchange No. 69 2015-2016

[Maggi Young]

Note  December 2nd 2015 - to save you scrolling down the page to fine the latest news -  The  SRGC 69th Seed Service is now  open : http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/extensions/seed-exchange


SEED DONATIONS  Now / AUTUMN 2015

SRGC is very grateful to all those Members who donate seed to the Exchange. The bonus of being a seed donor is that you get 25 packets of seed in the main Seed Distribution (only 16 if you are a non-donor) - and Donors are given priority in the Seed Distribution.

Please send fresh clean seed as early as possible, and no later than 31st October.

Send seed to Ian and Carole Bainbridge :
Drs Ian and Carole Bainbridge
Luckie Harg’s, Anwoth Road, Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas, DG7 2EF, Scotland.


Late seed can be accepted if a list has been sent by post or e-mail by 31st October. Please send e-mails to seed@srgc.org.uk

The seed list will be compiled on 1st November, so late seed may well not be in the exchange.

Please: Write the full name of the seed on each packet of seed, and your name as well.

    Put all seed of one type in one packet.

    Use small packets when possible (and avoid very big packets!).

    Supply a list of donated seed in alphabetical order.

    Please put your e-mail and phone number on your list in case we have any queries.

    Provide comments on any new or rare seed.

Please support the Seed Exchange by donating seed each year.

Full Seed Exchange details are here : http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/extensions/seed-exchange

All seed correspondence, lists and queries  etc can be sent to: seed@srgc.org.uk

[Maggi Young]

As you collect seed for the exchange you may like to make your own seed packets..... here is  advice from a couple of years ago from Stuart Pawley:

1) Take some paper (e.g. strong brown) and cut to the size of the diamond shown in  the pic attached to this post. ( original size was 10cm square shown on back of paper seedlist)

2) Fold first along the lines S & G, then along R & C.

3) Unfold, put seeds where our logo is, and repeat the folding.

4) Stick a white label, the size of the address label on the Seed List envelope, over the folds.

5) Write the full taxon name clearly in black on the label, your name (smaller) at the bottom.
(Edit by maggi: I suggest CAPITAL letters.... easier to read)
6) You could have prepared the white labels and printed them with your computer."

 Template of seed packet....
 seed packet template- slightly smaller  than life size

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[Maggi Young]

Sending seeds to other countries.

Different countries have different regulations governing the import of seeds ( and plants, of course) .  For some, such as the USA, a special permit is required  in order to receive  any seed from outside the USA.
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/sa_international/sa_travel?1dmy&urile=wcm%3Apath%3A%2Faphis_content_library%2Fsa_our_focus%2Fsa_plant_health%2Fsa_import%2Fsa_permits%2Fsa_plant_plant_products%2Fsa_plants_for_planting%2Fct_smalllots_seed

Our sister organisation NARGS, has a useful list of prohibted seed for the USA :  https://www.nargs.org/restricted-seed   USA restricted seed  listing


 This is a  link  to the New Zealand Bioseurity index  search  https://www1.maf.govt.nz/cgi-bin/bioindex/bioindex.pl/query



 What are the Requirements for sending seed to Australia?

 http://www.agriculture.gov.au/import/icon-icd?wasRedirectedByModule=true  Australian site for Import conditions


Some notes on Australian regulations:
 Seeds can only be sent to Australia if they meet the following
 requirements:
 • They are on the Australian Government’s permitted seed list, and are
 not otherwise prohibited from being imported into Australia.
• Each shipment of permitted seeds must be clearly labelled in English
 with the full botanical name, genus and species.
 • Seed must be free of live insects, soil, disease symptoms, prohibited
 seeds, other plant material (e.g. leaf, stem material, fruit pulp, pod
 material, etc.), animal material (e.g. animal faeces, feathers, etc.),
 and any other extraneous contamination of quarantine concern.
 • If the seeds require an import permit from the Department of
 Agriculture, sellers must sight a copy of the permit to ensure that they
can meet the conditions for sending seeds to Australia.
 • Freight or mail shipments should have all documentation (e.g. permit or
permit number, invoice, manufacturer’s declarations and certification
 where applicable) securely attached to the outside of the package and
clearly marked ‘Attention Quarantine’.


All seeds sent by the Scottish Rock Garden Club Seed Exchange to our members
around the world do, of course, conform to the regulations of each country
to which they are sent, not just Australia.

The SRGC would like to draw  readers' attention to the need  for those sending  plant seed
to other countries to be aware of the regulations pertaining to that country.

All seeds sent by the Scottish Rock Garden Club Seed Exchange to our members
around the world do, of course, conform to the regulations of each country
to which they are sent, not just Australia.

[Maggi Young]

Scottish Rock Garden Club Seedlist with around 5400 different seeds is in the post to all members now they tell us and online ordering will begin next week - look out for the notice to let you know!

  You will be able to access info  via  google  for the plants in the actual ordering system.

[Maggi Young]

To download and browse the SRGC Seedlist No. 69  - CLICK HERE
Online ordering is NOT yet operational - this list is simply for browsing. 

[Maggi Young]

The online ordering service of the  SRGC Seed Exchange is now live to accept your seed requests or payment for  postal seed requests.

It is most important to note that a new registration MUST be made each year - old log in details will not work.

There are some changes from previous years, caused by new rules from the secure online payment system so PLEASE  do read the notes and instructions carefully!
The Seed Exchange page of the website is found under the "About Us " button on the SRGC website.
Direct link to that web page is  HERE


All seed correspondence, lists and queries  etc can be sent to: seed@srgc.org.uk

[Maggi Young]

N. B. It is most important to note that a new registration MUST be made each year - old log in details will not work.

[Maggi Young]

Some other points of note : 

Please do not pay before making an online request.  You must order first then pay.

Only use the direct route to payment if you are paying for a request sent by post.

Surplus Seed applications must be made and paid for at the same time as making your initial allocation request.

[admin]

Another few points:

Please read and understand the instructions first. We have gone to a great deal of trouble to make things as foolproof as possible, but this only works if the instructions  are read before the clicking begins. They are on every page of the seed exchange  site at every step in the process.

For example, if members are trying to pay before they order their seed this can only mean they are not reading the instructions.

Please do not overwhelm Maggi or other members of the seed team with requests for support as a first resort.

The system is working really well, over 60 members have already ordered and paid for their seed since it opened this afternoon.

[Maggi Young]

A distillation of the seed exchange process : Enter web password, register, activate, log in, order, pay. 

[Maggi Young]

A reminder that  Seed request  for the SRGC Seed Exchange must  reach the Seed Request Manager, Neil McNulty, by the deadline of 15 January.

 Read more : http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/extensions/seed-exchange

 If you have been ordering online, please be sure you have fully completed your  request and  gone though to pay  - otherwise your request will not have reached the Seed Team.

 Costs for Seed Requests  made online  must be paid  for  via the online ordering process- LOG IN to order to enter  to find your  request listing and complete.

[Maggi Young]

From the Seed Team: 69th SEED DISTRIBUTION 2015-16

This is now closed and all but a few seed requests needing paperwork have been posted.    Please allow for the postal system to deliver your order – no queries before 15 February.

A HUGE THANK YOU  to all of you who sent in seed; without your contributions there would be no seed to distribute to all our members at home and abroad.

THANK YOU too to:
Ian and Carole Bainbridge of the Seed Reception team and their postman for surviving the first year of receiving your many seed donations and producing the longlist that is the seed catalogue.

Ian Pryde and the Packeting Team, Ian’s last year in this role, for translating the thousands of little envelopes into numbered glassine seed packets.

Neil McNulty, Seed Treasurer, for offering again to be submerged beneath a sea of requests and who  puzzles over the payments and chases the permits.

SW Scotland RGG for providing the team who handle the final distribution, picking all the seed packets for each request, from routine main orders to those fiddly surplus blocks of numbers.

And last but not least the Web Team, promptly handling each enquiry.

Carolyn McNab (Seed Distribution Manager)