Oops ive sent oodles of priority boxes back to America... It's ok if the post office hunts me down one day haha.... I will be telling the judge I sent them to recycle & save the planet, so we can plant more bulbs Steven : ) On 15/07/2013, at 3:39 PM, <gentian21@comcast.net> wrote: > If they are Priority mail boxes do not reuse them that is not permitted. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl Church > Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 3:16 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Sending Seeds > > Thanks Leo, being new to PBS I'd not thought of sending the boxes back but > will do so in the future. > Karl Church > Dinuba, CA > zone 9a > On Jul 14, 2013 12:53 PM, "Leo A. Martin" <leo@possi.org> wrote: > >> Most here know what I am about to say in this paragraph. Dell has more >> experience >> shipping fleshy seed and small bulbs than most of us. He often uses small >> cardboard >> boxes. Inside he uses foam peanuts and paper for cushioning. For hard dry >> seed Dell uses >> padded envelopes. >> >> In the past I have put fleshy seed in small (non-food) plastic zip bags >> cushioned with >> perlite, then put them into padded envelopes. It doesn't always work. >> >> So if the seeds are valuable, I would suggest using the small cardboard >> boxes. They cost >> about $2-$3 US to mail. >> >> By the way, Dell has remarked in the past that it would be nice if people >> returned the >> mailing envelopes and boxes to him for re-use. >> >> Leo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/