* This area is for the purpose of exchanging seeds or plants of the type covered by this forum.

* The exchanges were created to facilitate the arranging of trades of plants and seeds between members. Please do not use them to solicit donations, ask for free plants or seeds, or ask for items in exchange for postage. All requests must be in the context of arranging a trade. If you have nothing to offer at this time, please wait until you do.

* All exchanges are restricted to users from a particular country, region or state. If it isn't indicated otherwise, the exchange is restricted to residents of the U.S. To find an exchange for your location, check the the exchange index.

* Each post must have a type of trade, subject and a message.

* Trading is done at users' discretion. GardenWeb has no control or responsibility over trades arranged here. Keep in mind some traders may let you down, so it might be wise to keep your initial trade with someone limited to smaller items.

* Messages addressed to or meant for particular users should be sent via email and are not allowed in the exchanges.

* If you have trouble with another person coming through with their end of a trade, you must deal with it privately. It is the consensus of the forum users that this type of thing be kept out of our forums. Any public accusation in this forum, or elsewhere at GardenWeb, will result in the accuser being banned.

* To avoid problems when shipping across borders and some state lines, it is best to ship plants bare-rooted and to label the container as such. It is up to the users involved to determine what is legal and what is not.

* This forum is for the purpose of exchanging material, there should be no need to mention money in any postings. If money is mentioned, the posting will be considered an advertisement and the poster will be banned.

* Trading of patented material is unlawful and is strictly forbidden.

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Please do not respond to this post, so it will stay at. or near the top of the page. If it slips, please bump it back up.
Currently the link to the actual Special Instructions is a broken one. (I finally reported it, meant to the other day.)
Anyone with any questions concerning the Instructions, feel free to post a question on the Off Topic-Conversations Side of the Exchange Board. The link to Conversations can be found on the main page here, just above the list of Trade Threads

Additionally, if one has nothing to trade, they may want to check out some of the numerous 'offers' of seeds at the Seed Exchange. Look for threads containing SASE, SASBE, BEAP, Newbie, or Free in the Subject of Posting line.
Sue...rbb

Thanks Sue!
LU

Thanks Girls!

Hi Daylily2008!...No problem...The instructions are easily missed with the 'link' not working, and when this post slips on down or off of the page, as it often does.
I do hope you will consider maybe trading some of your daylily plants. They are a favorite of many here for sure!

Sue

tia

FYI...You don't have an email link on your Member Page. If you need help in getting it set up, drop me a line.

Sue...a stickler for email links on Member Pages.

FYI...You have no email link or location on your Member Page. If you need help in getting it set up, drop me a line.

Sue...a stickler for email links and locations on Member Pages.

Don't be shy now.

Sue

since GW has not corrected the Link problem in 5 months,
I'm starting to wonder just what the problem is. I wonder if it might be like trying to find a needle in a haystack, or maybe not even fixable. Could that be?

S

I think it should be on the Conversation Side, so it can be easily found and us veterans can then point new traders to the post. I think what you posted above, needs some further explanation too or changed a bit.

For instance...newbies sure won't know how to unblock their email, especially if they were not even aware they didn't have an email link to be reached in the first place...or if they chose to just post their addy in their post...sigh.

I would hesitate to challenge the All exchanges are restricted to users from a particular country, region or state. If it isn't indicated otherwise, the exchange is restricted to residents of the U.S. To find an exchange for your location, check the the exchange index.
Right now, I don't think out of the country posts can even be made to the main Plant Exchange. That would mean that members from foreign countries would be cold emailing. I would not myself advocate trading with foreign countries, due to it being a lot of expense (particularly if it was plants), and due to any and all regulations for the different countries.

Sometime this winter I will be working on the FAQ for the Seed and The Plant Exchanges. I have already started to gather input from members. The FAQ will then have to be OKed by GW management, before I will be allowed and given access to input them.

Here it seems there is a form required for trading seeds with Canada when trading with Canada which form do I need?

Here is a thread with some first drafts of FAQ...addressing newbie and newer member issues-first draft.

Here is another thread... Newbie question and answer thread!:)

and...Needing everyone's input! :)

You are welcome to post your above info as is wherever you please...like on the Conversation Side here, or to add it to the Needing everyone's input! :) thread, or both.

I so agree with most that you have posted above. It is all a lot for a newbie to take in, and understand, before making/taking the plunge and making the first post.

I suggest too that then one is the OP (original poster) of a trade offer, that they check the little box to receive the follow up replies into their email.

I just asked about that at the seed Exchange Conversations.
Do you check the box to get follow-ups emailed to you?

I have in the past advocated that members set their email settings Show my email addy to MEMBERS for ease in trading, but there are 'some' members who do not advocate that, and say/think that is setting a member up to get spam...which I have not had problems with. Rather than advocate something that all do not agree with, I just now leave that off. Then one must explain somewhere the members replying to a thread have their email unblocked, what that means, and just exactly how to unblock it.

Sue

I tend to agree with you, but did not really want to say so.

It is my understanding that GW is but a very small entity/subsidiary, whatever of iVillage. I'm just thankful that GW is still here, and has not been incorporated into the whole iVillage Forum thing. I for one love the format of all the Garden Web, and The Home Site Forums, as archaic as they might seem to some.

Sue

I just posted to your thread.

If I screw up, don't hesitate to let me know.
If you have any questions or concerns, just ask over on the Conversation side of the forum. The link is just above the list of threads here on the Discussion side.

Here is a link to a great thread about packing plants for shipping. Preparing Plants for Shipping

Sue

Thanks to everyone who has helped keep the Special Instructions bumped up to page one.

If you have nothing to trade at this time, you might want to check out the Seed Exchange. There are many posts where generous members have offered up their excess seedsfor postage

Here are the Special Instructions for The Seed Exchange It includes how to look for the many generous seeds for postage offers. Most all will ask that you mail them a bubble envelope, return postage as well as other requirements....ie GW name, an address label, a list of seeds wanted, etc.

Welcome to Garden Web!

But i have never gotten anything lol i mean anything to start from seed
I suggest you check out the Winter Sowing Forum It is a pretty foolproof way of starting seeds with good, to 'great' success. There are a lot of FAQ there and the link is at the top of the forum. There is tons of info there as well as a bunch of winter sowing addicts having a good time on the forum.

You might want to add your location to your Member Profile...like I am zone 5/6 S IN. It will then be displayed on your member page and will automatically be shown whenever you post. The location goes in the one box provided for the garden zone and you can update your profile via the Member Pages link found at the bottom of every GW page.

hth.

Sue...resident busy body who likes to see everyone have a location on their page and whenever they post.

Hi jdkind,

I did a search of the whole site on your Member Name and see you made a started a trade post at the Brug Forum. When starting a trade thread it is helpful (to me anyway) to check the box to have the follow-up replies sent to your email.

Hth.

Sue...bumping this back to page one, as there are some newbies I see.

Some of us have starting to use the acronym BEAP in place of sasbe at the Seed Exchange.

sase-sasbe is NOT a self addressed envelope-bubble or otherwise explains it.

I suspect the member mentioning beap in the hosta thread was wanting the hostas for postage, as opposed to trading.
There have been lots who have not noticed the Special Instructions for the Exchange thread here before jumping to post....but we are all human.

I'm lurkin here, and trying to sit on my hands so I won't respond to some trade threads. There is one right now that is awfully tempting...but it is still pretty early here for so many things.

Sue

Thanks for bumping.

If you are planning to post for trades, you really need to get your member Page email link and location set up.

Sue

BUMP

wintryamythyst
WELCOME!!

you have no email link set up...and no location in your profile...See I am zone 5/6 S IN

Please see addressing newbie and newer member issues- for instructions on getting both your location and email link set up.

Some members, myself included, will not respond to trade posts if there is no location on the member's page.

Just food for thought when ready to trade.

Sue

All bumpers are welcome to assist...hint, hint

Thanks!

Sue