Posting seeds.

[carolinej]

Hello :)

I recieved some sweetcorn seeds a few weeks ago. The envelope was quite torn, and there were only a few seeds left. I sent someone some bean seeds , and the same thing happened to them .

It is only a suggestion, but maybe it would be a good idea to wrap larger seeds up in bubble wrap. I know most of you already do this, but this is just for the people like me, who didnt realise there was a problem. :-[

cj

[carolinej]

[Blue Bird]

Thanks Carolinej  good tip I had not thought about it - hope any seeds that I have posted have got to their destination OK

???

[saddad]

I usually put mine in moneybags from the banks as they are quite tough..
:-\

[CityChick]

Any seeds I've ordered from seed companies have always arrived in some kind of jiffy bag (ie with bubble wrap protection).  So I'd always send out any swaps the same.

If you ever need free bits of bubble wrap you can often find it in certain fruit packaging at the supermarket ;) They're only going to throw it out later after all :D

[Robert_Brenchley]

For anything like that, I'd use padded envelopes; they're not expensive, and they're really tough.

[STHLMgreen]

I recently swapped seeds with someone and they sent seeds back to me in the same padded envelope, which was great.

It's great to reuse them. Just stick a label over the addresses.

[mikey]

Padded bags and Bubble wrap are the best protection for seeds, only problem is ... now we have the 5mm rule from the PO, a padded bag is close to the limit before putting any seeds inside.

This year, I have been wrapping seed envelopes into 4 pages of the Daily Mail (which only weighs 12 grm ... light weight News Tee Hee  ;)

As the weight limit for a 5 mm letter is 100 grm  there is capacity for quite some seeds.

The bigger seeds, e.g. Beans, Broad / Runner / French, I use padded bags or Bubble wrap and the Daily Mail packing within the 25 mm large letter rate for 100 grm.

The newspaper stops anything moving within the envelope and I make sure the top of the letter is only newspaper, this stops the auto cancelling machines giving the seeds a good 'crushing'

I have had no complaints regarding seeds I have sent over the last 24 months, so hopefully all seeds are arriving in good condition.

Mikey

[saddad]

Mine arrived safe and sound today Mikey..
;D