Dear members living in the EU, The autumn EU seed and bulb exchange will soon close for donations. Please read this email carefully and completely. We do not set a fixed date due to the different time span parcels need within the EU. Martin would like to open the distribution for the second round on the weekend of October 12 and 13th. Which means that your donation should have reached him by October 10th. The absolute deadline would be October 14th but in this case with a complete packing list sent to him in advance. (garak@code-garak.de) This solution gives us all some flexibility. You will know best how long a parcel will take from your home country to Martin's. Please inform Martin about your donation. Please do not stress yourself with seed which might not be ripe by then. If this is the case it is unlikely that your unripe seed is for autumn sowing. (So far we are not able to offer an exchange for the ephemeral seeds of South African autumn flowering bulbs) There will be a spring exchange for summer growing bulbs and seed to be sown in spring. If you want to send in seed, it would reduce Martin's workload if you would pre-pack five portions. If there is enough seed each portion should give a good potful of seedlings. If seed is scarce or rare the minimum per packet should be 3 seeds. If there is plenty of seed you can add a larger number in an extra envelope as a reserve for Martin in case of greater demand. Pre-packing is voluntary, of course. Seed envelopes can be ordered free of charge from Martin. Bulbs should arrive in one bag with no pre-packing. Please label everything with the scientific name of the plant and your name so that your contribution can be referred to you. As usual, you will get a bonus which covers your postage or 5 US$ minimum, only if this is the second donation for this same autumn exchange, your bonus will be slightly less. Please send your donation to: Martin Bohnet Ludwigstr. 1 73035 Goeppingen Germany The opening of the ordering time window will be announced separately through the same channels. We can already say that this second round has a lot of good stuff to look forward to..... Don't hesitate to get in touch with me (Uli) if you have questions Uli _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…