Dear Members living in the EU The donation time window for the EU spring seed and bulb exchange is now open until further notice. Please read this notice carefully. Please send your donation to Martin Bohnet, Ludwigstr. 1 73035 Göppingen Germany Please remember that bulbs should be clean and healthy and seed free of chaff and debris. As in previous exchanges we ask you to pre-pack 5 portions of seed on a voluntary basis, the portions should contain enough seed for a good potful of seedlings, at least 5 seeds with rare plants and less with super rare ones. Seed envelopes are available free of charge from Martin: (garak@code-garak.de) If there is a lot more seed available than 5 packets, you can include a larger packet for Martin to do extra portions if requested. Pre packing seed is a tremendous help for Martin. Bulbs should be sent in one bag per species and_not_ pre-packed. Please label each species of seed/bulb with the botanical name_and_ your own name. Every donor will be refunded the postage for the donation or a minimum of 5 $, please send a copy of your receipt for postage to Martin. We will do two consecutive exchanges this spring, the time window for donations will remain open for some time. As the weather is somewhat unpredictable at this time of the year, we suggest that you send in seed now and bulbs for the second round as they are more prone to frost damage. The second round will be announced through the same channels. Please do not get stressed with seed which is not ripe by now, or with bulbs still growing, they will be for the next autumn exchange. This notice will appear in the PBS Forum, in the old email list and all EU members will receive it as a private email from a mailing list. This might be a reason for non members to consider joining the PBS, as only fully paid members with a postal address in the EU will be entitled to order. Once Martin has compiled the new BX list it will go online through the same channels. Please be aware that the US exchange and the EU exchange are two different ones at different dates. Thank you all very much in advance! Please do not hesitate to contact me in case of questions or difficulties. (johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de) Uli and Martin _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…