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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #45 on: February 03, 2010, 08:23:38 AM »
It is always said that the Seed Exchange is one of the biggest draws for membership, Lesley, but I was surprised to learn that it is in fact only a minority of members, home or overseas, who actually order seed. I don't know what the percentage is from the likes of the AGS exchange but there are an awful lot of SRGC members who never order seed !  :o ???  Very odd  :-\ 
Hi Maggi,I was under the impression that you had to be a member to get seed from the exchange, so how could they be the minority?

"Very odd" Maybe there are a few members out there like me who could not get into the seed exchange and so put it into the "to hard basket" and moved on.
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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #46 on: February 03, 2010, 08:33:56 AM »
I would say that most of the members that I know individually do not take part in the seed exchange. They are part of the club because they just love the SRGC!
David Shaw, Forres, Moray, Scotland

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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #47 on: February 03, 2010, 10:39:48 AM »
It is always said that the Seed Exchange is one of the biggest draws for membership, Lesley, but I was surprised to learn that it is in fact only a minority of members, home or overseas, who actually order seed. I don't know what the percentage is from the likes of the AGS exchange but there are an awful lot of SRGC members who never order seed !  :o ???  Very odd  :-\ 

I suspect that lots of people  who don't ask for seeds from the list have very good networks of seed/plant swap buddies. :o
Or run out of room in the garden.
Helen Poirier , Australia

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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #48 on: February 03, 2010, 11:41:15 AM »
It is always said that the Seed Exchange is one of the biggest draws for membership, Lesley, but I was surprised to learn that it is in fact only a minority of members, home or overseas, who actually order seed. I don't know what the percentage is from the likes of the AGS exchange but there are an awful lot of SRGC members who never order seed !  :o ???  Very odd  :-\ 
Hi Maggi,I was under the impression that you had to be a member to get seed from the exchange, so how could they be the minority?

"Very odd" Maybe there are a few members out there like me who could not get into the seed exchange and so put it into the "too hard basket" and moved on.
bye Ray

Yes, Ray, you must be a member to take part in the seed exchange. It is a "minority" who take part because there are more members who do not order seed than the number who do order seed.

I am sorry to hear that you found it "too hard" to make a seed order.... particularly since you mention this now, after the seed exchange is closed for this year!

I am not sure quite how it proved too hard... the paper system is straightforward enough and those who did not for whatever reason receive their paper copy could asaccess the list online and ask me for the orderp agers toprint off to make apostal request and the online seed system is set up to mirror the paper system as closely as possible. Anyone who had any trouble, not knowing their membership number etc had only to contact me.... and that was stated in several places at various times and I would get right back to them with the info they needed.

To further aid anyone who was unsure of beginning the online system, I prepared two pictorial guides, showing the screen view of each stage of the registration and ordering process; these were also flagged up in more than one place here.

So, when you say you consigned the process to the "too hard basket", I must admit I am at something of a loss to know what to say to you.....it is such a pity that you did not speak up earlier, when I could have surely helped to show you that there is no mysterious difficulty about ordering seed.
If the process was truly troublesome, I would have thought that there would be lots of people contacting us to say so: I would not like to leave the impression that seed ordering is a real chore!
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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #49 on: February 03, 2010, 06:37:49 PM »
I can understand that a majority of UK members don't order seeds from the exchange. They have so much else to take part in, after all; shows, discussion weekends, tours, visits and of course the monthly meetings of local groups but it would be interesting to know what proportion of overseas members order seed as apart from the Journal and the Forum (which is relatively recent), there is no other way to take part effectively. Then too, UK members have so many sources of both plants and seeds, that are closed to members in other countries, especially outside the EU. We rely heavily on the seed exchange of SRGC and others.
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #50 on: February 05, 2010, 06:06:48 PM »
I do order and donate seed.  I was very fortunate this year, only 1 of my 25 requested seeds in the main exchange was not available and out of 50 individual seeds I requested from the Surplus I received 48.  I guess I must be ordering most of the easily provided and common seeds.  When I get good at growing the easier, common ones I can start to look for the more difficult, rarer ones.

Regardless, I'm extremely happy with what I received. To me it's always exciting to grow  pretty well anything from seed and so much of what is available via the seed exchange is unavailable whether they are rare or not here in Canada. 
Rob Stuart - Ottawa, Ontario Canada - z5

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« Reply #51 on: February 06, 2010, 10:47:08 PM »
My seed request has just arrived and I would like to say a very big 'THANK YOU!' to the donors and the volunteers that have made it all possible. I really appreciate it.
Surrey, B.C. Canada

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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #52 on: February 08, 2010, 06:43:38 PM »
My seed arrived on Friday 2/5. Thanks to all involved.  I can't wait for spring.

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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #53 on: February 09, 2010, 08:35:48 AM »
still no seeds, should I start to worry :-\

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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #54 on: February 09, 2010, 09:22:30 AM »
still no seeds, should I start to worry :-\

jes/denmark

Jes, it will be easier for me to make enquiries about your seed if I know what your name is and your postal address, please pm with these !
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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #55 on: February 09, 2010, 11:09:07 AM »
So I'm not the only one who hasn't received seeds yet. There is some hope
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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #56 on: February 09, 2010, 11:27:40 AM »
I think there may be postal delays with some of these seed orders.... I'm sending details through to the Seedy Gang to check.... ......
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

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« Reply #57 on: February 09, 2010, 11:32:55 AM »
Thank you a lot, The Greatest Global Moderator Ever!
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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #58 on: February 09, 2010, 12:41:32 PM »
Maggi,

I received another allotment of seed, today, which was apparently lost for a while, as these are seed from the original order (first and second choice), from which I previously thought I managed to snap-up none! I have no idea how long they were in the post, as the postmark was illegible.  This is over a week later than receiving the supplement seed.  There must have been a hiccup somewhere along the line, don't you think? I hope others will not give up hope as there seeds may be simply vacationing in the Timbuktu post office.

For the record, I did get 7 choices from first and alternates.  Not bad.  ;D ;D
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Re: Seed exchange 2009/2010
« Reply #59 on: February 09, 2010, 01:02:30 PM »
Jamie, I have no idea what is happening with the post! As I said before, a number of seedlists were not delivered in the first place..... I'm beginning to think that a carrier pigeon is the best bet!

Better to get two lots of seed than none at all, that's for sure!

If only we had a local member in Timbuktu  who could search the post office!! ;) ;D ;D
« Last Edit: February 09, 2010, 01:04:13 PM by Maggi Young »
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