Seed Trading, Moderated (Part 3)

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Thank you!

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@Frankken_Ford take a look at this thread bud :slightly_smiling_face:

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1217

Oh thanks for this @globalhead

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1218

Looking to trade for a purple pheno White Widow or a solid White Widow if anyone has one lmk pls.

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1219

Quarter size flips.

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The rings are hose washers (the ones I get are black.) My flips are assorted window sizes and theyā€™re all fine.

Itā€™s really the best way I think although some prefer pucks.

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1221

Pucks preserve the seeds better, the method of small paper square with a washer and some tape is kinda dangerous for them in my opinion.
If I were selling or shipping a lot of seeds I would buy some pucks from china or any other hard cased shell of some sort

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Disagree but thatā€™s ok.

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I think pucks would be better if they were a bit thinner, but I havenā€™t lost one in the mail yet.

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If being the big word there.

Iā€™ve seen pucks blasted out of the envelope by rollers.

But everyone has their own ways.

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The pucks Ive seen are thicker than the allowable standard USPS envelope, thatā€™s the main reason I chose flips and rubber washers.

But if I were selling seeds as a business, instead of casually and occasionally trading/gifting some, I would choose pucks or plastic vials, and use bubble mailers instead of envelopes.

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They arenā€™t making them right if the final envelope is over a 1/4 inch.

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Not even close, but it certainly is thicker than a standard letter.

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There is some truth to this.

As a hobbyist being able to send via letter mail for $1 is a huge bonus.

As a seed bank I would charge you for shipping so it wouldnā€™t matter.

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1229

Hola Gang

Iā€™ve send thousand of seeds
tru mail
Washer and quarter holder
I rarely have a complaint on
crush seeds I only had 1 or
2 in the last 20+yrs.

Bare

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100% this.

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I also got a lot of paper squares with a washer and no problem so far, with todayā€™s mail you canā€™t know, rather safe than sorry.
But indeed I agree the pucks should be thinner.

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I stick with centerfuge tubes and a padded mailer, because im not mailing out dozens a week and because the USPS can no longer be trusted to get a standard letter to the person you are mailing it to. I have had 6 that were sent to me, that just never showed up and its been months. YES it cost me more to send a padded mailer with tracking, but at least I know its gonna get there.

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I do padded mailers as well. 3 stamps, and into a mailbox. Ive not had 1 not make it doing it that way. Something about that 3rd stamp says you mean business I think lol. Ive sent a bunch with seeds just in little baggies, and havent had any get crushed or anything. Including Intā€™l

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1234

same. padded manila envelope with tracking. iā€™ve done that over 200 times and never had issues. $5 for a pack of seeds isnā€™t a big deal unless youā€™re sending out like 100 of them, which iā€™ve done. still worth it if you can afford it. i canā€™t afford it anymore but every so often iā€™ll do a trade or something. i just ran out of centrifuge tubes and baggies that i usually use. the tubes fit 50 seeds and the ones i use donā€™t break.

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