One of the changes to the BX/SX I have suggested is posting a surplus seeds list once or twice a year, which members can order for the cost of postage, and non-members for some small cost. It wouldn't be good to send extra seeds at random, since some people could not grow them because they have no frost-free facility. In addition, some would recognize them as plants they already have (more than) enough of, and would throw them away. Believe me, after handling the NARGS surplus seed distribution for a couple of years, I'm well acquainted with what can end up there. However, as David Pilling remarked, some very good things remain there, probably because nobody knew how good they are. I was really annoyed to find some of my own bulb seed donations in the leftovers! Now I choose to send the "special" bulb seeds to PBS. Jane McGary On 10/27/2019 3:31 PM, Cynthia Mueller wrote: > In reply to this, in some cases perhaps extra “bonus” seeds could be included with the paid orders. Members could be urged to grow these out, and pass them along to others, if necessary, to further increase their interest in bulbs. > > Cynthia W Mueller > >> On Oct 27, 2019, at 5:03 PM, David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Some seed exchanges have an organised surplus for which one can apply. Through these I have got seed which I did not think I was worthy to have, and made a success of it. >> >> Point being that the surplus does often contain good varieties of seed. >> >> -- >> David Pilling >> http://www.davidpilling.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…