Topic: Seed Sharing Circle 2014?

[Jayb]

Yayyy, thanks Galina, your parcel arrived today  Beautifully sorted and packed thanks

[galina]

Glad it made it safely there 

[Jayb]

Still quite a few parcels to come in, the last 2nd class posting day is Thursday 18th December - 6 days left to post!

[pumkinlover]

 
Well not really but I have been and posted mine.
No fancy packets I am afraid and they were not bagged but the chillies and leeks were in a greenhouse.
My bag technique needs improvement.

[Jayb]

Postie's been, Pumpkinlover your parcel has arrived, Thank you. All looks great and bonus they are all bagged in their variety. 
I'm very tempted to take a peek at May beans and Eastern Butterwax, love touchy feely seeds 

[galina]

Well not really but I have been and posted mine.
No fancy packets I am afraid and they were not bagged but the chillies and leeks were in a greenhouse.
My bag technique needs improvement.

It's great that you got good pollination with leeks in the greenhouse.  if no other variety was grown to seed in close vicinity, I am sure purity will be fine.  Same for chillies. 

With chillis you can make a fleece tent for the whole group of plants (or for several plants in a big planter).  They don't need bees or other insects for pollination, or you can slip a flower baggie over each branch just before the flowers open and take it off after the peppers have started developing. 

Looking forward to growing your seeds.     

[pumkinlover]

Postie's been, Pumpkinlover your parcel has arrived, Thank you. All looks great and bonus they are all bagged in their variety. 
I'm very tempted to take a peek at May beans and Eastern Butterwax, love touchy feely seeds 

That's a relief. Does everyone else worry while parcel on the way to jayb? I do!!

[galina]

That's a relief. Does everyone else worry while parcel on the way to jayb? I do!!

I do too, all that work.  Couldn't replace the seeds either.  If I had to do a second emergency parcel, it would be a very light one.      Hope they all arrive safely!

[sparrow]

Just packed up mine ready to send - small panic when I lost my little labels & had to do them again. They are somewhere in this flat...(d'oh!)

Hope they arrive with you ok - I couldn't replace them if they don't. And I had to pick one of the busiest postal weeks to send it! 

[Jayb]

Brilliant another two on the way 
Let you know when they arrive.

[sparrow]

Well not really but I have been and posted mine.
No fancy packets I am afraid and they were not bagged but the chillies and leeks were in a greenhouse.
My bag technique needs improvement.

I use large, drawstring, wedding favour bags - not sure how they would do for really big allium flowers, but they worked really well for chillies and squashes.

[galina]

Well not really but I have been and posted mine.
No fancy packets I am afraid and they were not bagged but the chillies and leeks were in a greenhouse.
My bag technique needs improvement.

I use large, drawstring, wedding favour bags - not sure how they would do for really big allium flowers, but they worked really well for chillies and squashes.

Yes, mine are similar to wedding favour bags but home made out of a remnant of net curtain from the charity shop for 50p.

Not a good idea for alliums because they are outbreeders and need insects going from one flower to the next, they don't self pollinate to any great extent.  For alliums you need either no other alliums of the same species in the vicinity or a fleece tent and trapped insects inside (for example grown from fishing maggots).  That is far more labour intensive, easier to grow them to seed in a back garden if the neighbours don't grow leeks to seed.

[sparrow]

Have to dig out my own photos if we are doing a little catalogue again for our swapped seeds.

Yes please everyone 
Information and pictures about the varieties you are adding will be fantastic.
I'm still working on a new home for the info for past circles info, some smashing varieties shared, it would be such a shame to loose.

Is there anywhere special to send these, or should they just be posted on this thread? I have a few pictures. :)

[galina]

Yes please everyone 
Information and pictures about the varieties you are adding will be fantastic.
I'm still working on a new home for the info for past circles info, some smashing varieties shared, it would be such a shame to loose.

Is there anywhere special to send these, or should they just be posted on this thread? I have a few pictures. :)

I have started adding my information.  You need to get permission from the site owner (Jayb) to be able to make changes to the document.

It is here
https://sites.google.com/site/seedsharingcircle/seed-parcel/seed-circle-2014

If there are any difficulties I can help you (or anybody else) upload their information and/or pictures.

[pumkinlover]

Well not really but I have been and posted mine.
No fancy packets I am afraid and they were not bagged but the chillies and leeks were in a greenhouse.
My bag technique needs improvement.

I use large, drawstring, wedding favour bags - not sure how they would do for really big allium flowers, but they worked really well for chillies and squashes.

Well wedding favour bags is a new one on me  For  the benefit of other dinasours and probably the blokes on here it is a little bag made of thin silky type material used to give out trinkets or sweets.!!

I made my bags out of some fairly stiff screening type material but  because the bag is so thick an with me forgetting to take the bag off often means that I get fungus on the flower. I will have more time next year and have made some bags out of net curtain material now. I hope that the seeds are true but just wanted you to know so you can rogue out any oddities.

Thanks for all the help and advice.

[Jayb]

RenewableCandy's seed parcel arrived today - thanks
All divvied up and the seed packets are filling up nicely 

[Silverleaf]

Finally managed to get my seeds posted this afternoon, continuing to be very slow here I'm afraid. I really hope they arrive on time now. :/

I haven't been able to send as much as I wanted to unfortunately, just didn't have enough for so many people. Hope you'll forgive me! Hopefully I should have lots more if there's a swap next year.

[Jayb]

Lurvely parcel from Sparrow, just about to sort them into everyone's envelope
Whilst eating chocolate, what could be better 
Thank you.

[Jayb]

And another   
Silverleaf's gorgeous parcel has arrived too.  A seedy morning!
Thank you so much 

[goodlife]

Finally managed to get my seeds posted this afternoon, continuing to be very slow here I'm afraid. I really hope they arrive on time now. :/

I haven't been able to send as much as I wanted to unfortunately, just didn't have enough for so many people. Hope you'll forgive me! Hopefully I should have lots more if there's a swap next year.

Oh don't worry...it is all learning curve...and each time round you find it 'easier' and you find yourself saving more and more... ...and that last bit comes with warning....

Actually I did find this time round 'numbers' more manageable...saving for 20 for some reason is much more effort  (..not complaining...it is nice to have lots of people coming along..)
Oh I hope we have another one again next year........!?