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Seedy Subjects! => Seed Exchange => Topic started by: Maggi Young on August 21, 2023, 12:35:58 PM
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SRGC 77th Seed Exchange
We encourage all members to collect and donate seed to our Seed Exchange. We still need help to manage the seed packeting volunteers, please email seed@srgc.net if you can assist.
All details:
https://www.srgc.net/welcome_seed_exchange.asp
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Seed imports INTO the UK do now need Phytosanitary Certificates. We have updated the instructions on our website with details of the NEW procedure for Winter 2023.
See the new details here: https://www.srgc.net/add-seed-donations.asp
Many thanks Marc!
Richard
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Hello all
just to say that today we have put information on the SRGC website at https://www.srgc.net/add-seed-donations.asp for seed donors from the USA, Canada, Germany, Austria and Czechia. If members wish to, they can send seed to a country coordinator who will arrange for the necessary phytosanitary certificate to get the seed to us. Full instructions are on the page.
Ian & Carole Bainbridge
Seed reception Managers
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Richard,
SRGC offers so much with helpful information and opportunity to dialog with fellow gardeners, and the seed exchange; that it is a pleasure to give something back!
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Dear Ian and Carol,
This is good news indeed, and many thanks to Katharina !
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Many thanks to Katharina. Unfortunately I read the post too late and have already distributed some seeds privately. (or not collected). I want to see if I can still get a little together and then send it to her. Next year I'll be smarter ;-)
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Yes, many thanks to Katharina and all the volunteers of SRGC for their efforts to keep the international exchange going!
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I set an early deadline for US & Canadian donations not wanting to be buried under a mountain of last minute typing. I am caught up with the paperwork; so I am extending the deadline to 10/20.
If you want to donate; but, the early deadline was holding you back, feel free to send your lists until 10/20.
Clean seed must arrive by 10/30 for an 11/02 inspection [seed with debris should arrive by 10/15 to allow time for processing]
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Unfortunately I've come very late to this page, so only now learned that a phytosanitary cert is needed this year for seed donations from EU countries.
The Irish authority issuing certs (Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine) requires 14 days notice. Realistically therefore it's too late for me to act as a collection point for donations from other EU countries not covered by Katharina.
Is any other EU forumist able to do this? If so then I'll send you my seeds early next week, but otherwise can't donate this year :'(
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Hi Ashley
We've had no other volunteers, I'm afraid. if it's simple for you to do so, it would be good to know how much the Irish authorities would charge for a phyto. Also, remember that the seed can arrive after 31.10 if we have a list from you of what is being sent, if that frees matters up a little.
All very frustrating we know, but there's nothing we can do about the new regs in the UK.
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Hello to all our EU members and possible donors.
We are delighted to say that Ashley Allshire from Ireland has offered to coordinate seed from all EU members except Germany, Austria and Czechia (which are coordinated by Katharina Briese - see the webpage below) and to obtain the necessary phyto certificate for sending the seed to us.
To participate in the arrangement, first, you must, please, Email seed@srgc.net and Ashley at aallshire8@gmail.com with a list of your seed donations by 15th October 2023. This will enable Ashley to prepare a list for the phytosanitary certificate, and will enable us to ensure that your seed donations appear in the seed list.
Please send your clean, dry seed (no wet packs please) by 15th October 2023 to: Ashley Allshire, Leemount Cottage, Coachford, Co. Cork P12 XT54, Ireland.
Please check for any further details on the SRGC Seed website Scottish Rock Garden Club - Seed Exchange - Seed Donations (srgc.net) before you finalise your package. www.srgc.net/add-seed-donations.asp
We hope this arrangement will enable you to continue to contribute to the SRGC Seed Exchange, and please do be assured that we will continue to be able to send seed to you from the exchange.
With best wishes
Ian & Carole Bainbridge
SRGC Seed Reception
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For SRGC Members : the 77th SRGC seedlist is on the website. You need to log in as a member to view it. Please note that Ordering does not start until December.
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The SRGC Seed Distribution is NOW OPEN for members' orders between 1 December and 5 January.
Paper seed lists are ONLY mailed to UK members.
Members Log in to obtain seedlist and order https://www.srgc.net/loginform.asp
To order, you should Login to this website (top right of the screen on main webpage srgc.net ) and set a password if necessary,
Then click on the Seed Exchange | Seed List tab to view the list and information about it, and on Seed Orders to make seed selections and pay.
The last date for placing orders will be midnight (GMT) on Friday 05 January 2024.
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I've already placed my order! It was quick and easy, as I was able to go through the list and make my choices the week before ;D.
a big thank you to the whole team :D
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My order is also done, and I want to thank all the donators and people working to make this happen! :)
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Is there something wrong with the web page today? The ordering itself went super smooth, but once I reach payment both SagePay and PayPal fails to load?
PayPal: Server Error
500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.
SagePay: Error processing transaction
This transaction attempt has failed. We are unable to redirect you back to the web store from which you were purchasing. The details of the failure are given below.
Status:
ERROR
Status Detail:
5080 : Form transaction registration failed.
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I have not heard of any problems this morning, and members are still ordering and paying successfully this afternoon.
Have you tried again as it may have been a temporary problem?
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Have you tried again as it may have been a temporary problem?
Thank you, I tried again, and PayPal went through!
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Excellent, it must have been a temporary difficulty.
Paper Seed Lists were mailed out to all our UK postal members (not-e-members) yesterday the 7 December.
Electronic copies (both Excel and pdf formats) have been available on the members area of the website for a couple of weeks for all members including overseas members. Log in and look on the Seed Ordering page.
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The first UK orders were mailed out at the end of last week, and I hear they are starting to arrive on doormats today. These were 'main seed' orders.
More main orders will be mailed out over the next couple of days, followed by 'surplus' orders. As usual, the surplus orders are picked separately, and will be mailed later than the main orders, so you will receive two envelopes if you have ordered both main and surplus.
Overseas orders will follow in the mail later in the week, once we have time to look at them - apart from EU countries and Australia which have to go through the phytosanitary process.
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thx :-) :D
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Our seed order arrived safely this morning. Many thanks to all involved.
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My seeds arrived this morning. Thanks for the seed exchange. A pity my new garden has no rock garden so I can send seed.
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Mine arrived yesterday, thanks to all involved for their kind donations of time and seed, and hard work.
An early word of warning: item 220 (Anemone narcissiflora) is something else - I suspect A. multifida.
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item 220 (Anemone narcissiflora) is something else - I suspect A. multifida. -> :-[
thanks for the information. I have ordered this item :-(
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My seed arrived today. Thank you for everyone's hard work. I'm excited about starting another year of growing.
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Seed order picking work has progressed very well over the last week since my last post. All main and surplus orders for both UK and overseas members have been completed by the excellent seed team helpers in Glasgow. This equates to a rate of around 75 orders completed per day. All of these have now been mailed out - except for the following:
Australia and all EU countries (including Northern Ireland) require phytosanitary certification and these will be obtained over the next week or two, before being mailed overseas to individual members.
Note for US members:
Orders for USA members go through your USDA APHIS import inspection procedure, and they may be delayed depending on which Inspection Station mailing labels you supplied. Please email the seed team at the seed@ address shown on the website to advise when you receive your seeds. This may help us decide which Inspection stations are busy and to be avoided in future.
Several USA members have NOT yet provided emailed copies of USDA Permits and green/yellow mailing labels. Your orders have therefore NOT yet been mailed out and we shall be contacting you individually - unless you email us pdf copies before we contact you - please!
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Many thanks for the large packet of seeds which arrived in the post this morning, now all set out to take to the next meeting of the Scottish Borders Rock Garden Group on Wednesday 7th February 2024. Greatly appreciated.
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e: All main and surplus orders for both UK and overseas members have been completed by the excellent seed team helpers in Glasgow. This equates to a rate of around 75 orders completed per day.
Huge thanks to you and the seed team helpers!! :D
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Got my seeds today!! Thank you!!! :D :D :D
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A note to members in Australia and in ALL EU countries:
Your seed is now being inspected by the Scottish Government inspectors, and I hope to receive this back maybe next week.
Please be patient, and do not ask where your seed is now. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have more information.
Thank you,
Richard
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My seed order arrived today in Olympia, Washington, USA. Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making this happen 😊 Now the fun begins for me!
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I sent USDA Permit page and green/yellow stickers for my seed order in USA, and they are to go to San Francisco (ie Daly City),
Have my documents been received to you guys, I think this might be my second inquiry. I hate to bother you but I need to know, so that I can send again.
I may have deleted my original message, or it is erased, may I have the contact information to whom I should direct my inquiry.
Thank you,
Cecile Shepard
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may I have the contact information to whom I should direct my inquiry.
Cecile - I shall reply to you directly by personal email. Richard
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Update for USA and New Zealand members:
I have heard about the first orders arriving with members in USA and NZ today 8 February .
These orders had not been inspected, so they will be the first to arrive.
It is up to inspectors in your country how long they take to inspect, if at all.
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For all seed orders: Please allow for delays in the postal system, waiting until after 18th February 2024 before enquiring about your seed. All seed correspondence, lists and queries can be sent to seed@srgc.net. We will ensure that emails reach the relevant manager.
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Update for members in Europe (including Northern Ireland).
You may be starting to wonder what has happened to your seeds. As you know, Brexit has caused us all big problems because all seeds entering the EU and NI from non-EU countries (including the UK) must now have a phytosanitary certificate which takes time and money to obtain. Your seeds are in a large consignment which is now being checked by the Scottish Government Seeds inspectors in Edinburgh for them to provide Phytosanitary Certification to allow them to be sent from the UK into the EU. I hope to receive the phytosanitary certification in, maybe, one or two weeks. Then your seeds will be enveloped and posted on to you. I hope you will receive them eventually in (perhaps) the second week in March. Please be patient for a little longer. Apologies for this delay which is entirely out of our control.
Update for members in Australia.
Your seeds have now been mailed to Australia. They are in one box, and when they arrive will depend on the postal system, and how long it takes for any checks by the Australian Border Inspectors to check the seeds against the phytosanitary certificate and manifest. Huge thanks to our helpful contact in Australia, who will then have to make up your individual orders from the combined box, and mail them onwards once the seeds arrive.
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The EU is apparently competing with Australia? In the end Australia is faster :-)
greetings
Bernd
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Bernd,
There are more seeds going to the EU than Australia. Checking therefore takes more time...
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OK thanks. .... Wasn't meant to be that serious...
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The Seed Seed Team thank you for being patient while we negotiate all the difficult trade barriers which are being built across the world by more and more countries. This week's update:
Update for members in Europe (including Northern Ireland).
Your seeds are now en-route to the EU. We are hoping for a safe and quick journey through EU Border Control. After this, our helpful member on the EU side of the phytosanitary border will have to do some work, and your seeds should be then be sent to you.
Update for members in Australia.
Your seeds have now arrived in Australia, and are being enveloped and mailed to you. Some seeds have already been hand-delivered in Victoria.
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Thanks Richard and all the Seed Team.
I'm glad to be able to continue participating in the Exchange.
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So much achieved by the various volunteers - well done Folks!!
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Thanks for the updates, Richard.
And thanks to all the volunteers making this Seed Exchange possible, including Ashley and Katherine for collecting and forwarding EU seeds.
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Thanks for the updates !
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A huge thanks to the seed team for all the hard work - and to the donators for their donations! The first of hopefully many seeds germinating was Dahlia merckii, fingers crossed it'll prove hardy enough here:
(https://i.imgur.com/LXqVRh8.jpeg)
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Update for members in Europe (including Northern Ireland).
Your seeds have been placed in separate envelopes and were mailed to you yesterday Saturday 9 March. They are already within the EU, and so any mailing delay will be between the postal
authorities of the EU countries. There is no need for any further delay or inspections before the seeds reach our members.
Thank you for being patient. It is very tricky for us to put in place a system which satisfies all the difficult phytocertification and trade barriers which are being built across the world by more and more countries.
This should be the final piece of this year's Seed Exchange now finished. Happy sowing and growing!
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great :-)
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Today my work for the weekend arrived, thank you very much!!!
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The seeds arrived today.
Many thanks to everyone who achieved this great achievement!!!
This year I will collect seeds more diligently, since I now know that it continues for Europeans too :-)
Bernd
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I received the seeds today: a great pleasure!
Thank you to the whole srgc team.
;D
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With me, also - I´m very greatful to all involved! Thanks ever so much!
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The seeds arrived yesterday, many thanks to all which did this
great job.
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My seed package arrived today.
Sincere thanks to all involved. I know the difficulty of importing seed into Australia & just how much work has to go into this exercise.
Regards,
Neil J
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Seed letter has also arrived to Finland yesterday. Thank you so much! :)
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My package of seeds arrived today. :) Thanks
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My seeds finally arrived in Germany, too.
For info, the SRGC seeds were sent from Eire! :) Thanks so much!