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Quote from: maggiepie on February 04, 2012, 02:57:20 AMHi Rick, does this mean that the only surplus seeds that will be available will be seeds that nobody had listed as first choices?That if there were say, 300 seeds of Campanula barbata for example were in the kitty and two people asked for them that they would get half each?Hi Helen,I think the minimum number of labels for any item is five. The number of preprinted labels for item "X" is likely more than the largest number ever previously ordered for item "X". We still have plenty of leftovers after the first round, and the second round. Yes we have extra, but not as much as would have been automatically generated by making so many more packets than needed from the very start. The idea is to try to better balance the enormous amount of work needed to operate the exchange with a more accurate estimation of actual need.I don't know how first choice items versus second choice items fit into the calculation of future number of labels printed.To your hypothetical question: if there were 15 preprinted labels for Campanula barbata, the seed would be divide into a minimum of 15 parts for 15 packets. If only two people ordered the species, they would each get one packet. The rest would go into the second round of the exchange. I don't know what the default number of packets would be for a species that has never been listed before. It (and many other parameters) would certainly be something that could/would be tweaked by each individual plant society's seed exchange. The SYSTEM can be modified to meet SRGC's needs and wants, which may or may not be the same as that of NARGS.
Hi Rick, does this mean that the only surplus seeds that will be available will be seeds that nobody had listed as first choices?That if there were say, 300 seeds of Campanula barbata for example were in the kitty and two people asked for them that they would get half each?
Just wanted to thank everyone involved in the 2012 seed exchange for a job well done! Also wanted to let any other members overseas to know that the seeds should start arriving soon. Here at the nursery our seeds arrived yesterday. We are thrilled to have gotten most of our top choices. Although we live abroad, membership in the SRGC is cherished dearly.
I know the SRGC seed packeting team have a system for estimating the demand based on many previous years requests. This number is known as 'Henry's' as it was originally Henry and Margaret Taylor that did that job for many years and the name sticks both out of affection and honour this famous SRGC couple.I have been in favour and pushing the SRGC to adopt packet labeling for around ten years now but I am not the one carrying out this much appreciated work.
the individually labelled packets from NARGS mean that we don't need to include the printed list of numbers and corresponding names for our (Australian) Quarantine Inspection (AQIS) which is a time saver for the applicant but also for the societies such as the AGS where Diane had to do each letter herself (or so it seemed!) for those who applied on-line and didn't send in a typed out list. Each system has its advantages and disadvantages but at this present time these seem to be working for us in Australia!
Lesley, a few years ago we were told that a handwritten list was not acceptable, so at that point we started to include a copy of the full seed list. After a few years, that was no longer acceptable either, as the officials couldn't spend the time looking up the numbers, and so since then we have done the printed lists.
Question just in: how to germinate Ranzania japonica or Helonopsis orientalis? or are these short lived seeds that have no hope? (having been through the seed ex)