Hi Lisa , I agree with Robert, its easy to skim though the list to see what one would like or not like for one’s collection. And I personally enjoy the option of other seeds. You have enough keeping you busy without the suggested extra work . Fond greetings Ottoline > On Sep 9, 2025, at 5:00 AM, pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net wrote: > > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 3 (janarosa@sonic.net) > 2. Re: pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 3 (bulbsxpbs) > 3. Re: pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 3 (ds429) > 4. Bulb seed - donations (bulbsxpbs) > 5. Re: Bulb seed - donations (Robert Lauf) > 6. Re: Bulb seed - donations (JOYCE MILLER) > 7. (no subject) (Bridget Wosczyna) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:06:29 -0700 > From: janarosa@sonic.net > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: Re: [pbs] pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 3 > Message-ID: <eefe37db40aef860dc50692bc2a151e2@sonic.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Are there any seeds you wouldn't want, like something very common? > Should I send you a list of seeds I have, and should they be only bulb > seeds? Thanks for helping to share the wealth of this group. Jana > Mariposa > > --- > Jana Mariposa Muhar > >> On 2025-09-08 05:00, pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net wrote: >> >> Send pbs mailing list submissions to >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." >> List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Still accepting donations for SX 21 (bulbsxpbs) >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> PBS Forum https://… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 11:52:52 -0500 > From: bulbsxpbs <bulbsxpbs@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 3 > Message-ID: > <CAO1vTxATkv6e_ke5HnZzA+8d8wXU6a08HXAxE8r+J7rbHHZKqA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Excellent question, Jana - thanks for asking! > > We would be interested in any item. About 99% of the bulb seed finds a home > in the first round. On occasion, I have offered one or two leftover > packets, and they have always been selected in the second offering. > The only consideration when donating is that we do not need an excessive > quantity. > > Regarding other categories, I have no objection. The society benefits from > the seed sale, and the recipient enjoys a broader selection of choices?a > win-win in my opinion. I believe that as long as we do not drift too far > from our stated mission of being a ?bulb society,? it should be fine. > Others on the board may feel differently and are welcome to chime in. ? > > Lisa Zankowski > Seed Exchange Manager > 8N655 Dittman Rd > Elgin IL 60124 > > > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 10:06?AM Jana Mariposa via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> Are there any seeds you wouldn't want, like something very common? >> Should I send you a list of seeds I have, and should they be only bulb >> seeds? Thanks for helping to share the wealth of this group. Jana >> Mariposa >> >> >> > > -- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 17:28:18 +0000 (UTC) > From: ds429 <ds429@frontier.com> > To: bulbsxpbs via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 3 > Message-ID: <592508180.677742.1757352498960@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > And it is always appreciated when you clean your seed donations, I think. > Dell Sherk > On Monday, September 8, 2025 at 12:53:06 PM EDT, bulbsxpbs via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Excellent question, Jana - thanks for asking! > > We would be interested in any item. About 99% of the bulb seed finds a home > in the first round. On occasion, I have offered one or two leftover > packets, and they have always been selected in the second offering. > The only consideration when donating is that we do not need an excessive > quantity. > > Regarding other categories, I have no objection. The society benefits from > the seed sale, and the recipient enjoys a broader selection of choices?a > win-win in my opinion. I believe that as long as we do not drift too far > from our stated mission of being a ?bulb society,? it should be fine. > Others on the board may feel differently and are welcome to chime in. ? > > Lisa Zankowski > Seed Exchange Manager > 8N655 Dittman Rd > Elgin IL 60124 > > > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 10:06?AM Jana Mariposa via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> Are there any seeds you wouldn't want, like something very common? >> Should I send you a list of seeds I have, and should they be only bulb >> seeds?? Thanks for helping to share the wealth of this group.? Jana >> Mariposa >> >> >> > > -- > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 15:38:03 -0500 > From: bulbsxpbs <bulbsxpbs@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Bulb seed - donations > Message-ID: > <CAO1vTxAX=0socH02Qqt3mBSaY1W+JNOYDeJ8dGRi4j1D0Fn3tw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > It's early yet - and one person contacted me to say they did not want to > see any entries for non-bulb type seed on future lists. > > I have a solution to propose; our forum. We have an off topic area. > > Published lists will have only the bulb seed, and if available, anything > else would require an extra step to capitalize on combined shipping. > > This will keep the official list pure, and (possibly) everyone happy with > their options. > > -- > Lisa Zankowski > Seed Exchange Manager > 8N655 Dittman Rd > Elgin IL 60124 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 21:53:51 +0000 (UTC) > From: Robert Lauf <boblauf@att.net> > To: bulbsxpbs via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Bulb seed - donations > Message-ID: <1837189072.1396330.1757368431394@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I'm speaking only for myself, but the "one person" who doesn't want to see non-bulb seeds might simply look the other way.? How is that person hurt by the presence of non-bulb seeds on the list???? You clearly cannot keep everyone happy under these conditions, so don't bother. > Aroids are tubers and not bulbs.? Many irids are rhizomes and not bulbs.? Should we banish these large classes of plants from the party?? Surely having a bigger tent is better than having a smaller one.? When each BX or SX list comes out, I quickly scan the list to see if there is something I want.? If there isn't anything I want, I get back to other things.? How am I harmed by seeing things I don't want, whether they are true bulbs or not? > In fairness, we shouldn't burden our SX coordinator with marigold seeds, to take an extreme example.? But some of my favorite botanical oddities are not true bulbs at all, but nevertheless came to me from other PBS members.? It seems counter-productive to me to arbitrarily stifle such interactions, which are a big driver of the real value of PBS membership.? After all, we don't have meetings, so running the exchanges is the real draw!? I don't think we should be rigidly doctrinaire on this point. > Bob? ?Zone 7... harvesting Eucomis seeds this month > On Monday, September 8, 2025 at 04:38:17 PM EDT, bulbsxpbs via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > It's early yet - and one person contacted me to say they did not want to > see any entries for non-bulb type seed on future lists. > > I have a solution to propose; our forum.? We have an off topic area. > > Published lists will have only the bulb seed, and if available, anything > else would require an extra step to capitalize on combined shipping. > > This will keep the official list pure, and (possibly) everyone happy with > their options. > > -- > Lisa Zankowski > Seed Exchange Manager > 8N655 Dittman Rd > Elgin IL 60124 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:16:21 -0700 (PDT) > From: JOYCE MILLER <miller7398@comcast.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Bulb seed - donations > Message-ID: <1417820730.686731.1757373381798@connect.xfinity.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 22:16:26 -0400 > From: Bridget Wosczyna <bulbexpbs@gmail.com> > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] (no subject) > Message-ID: > <CAH9p=ZkCGNguDxKv4WJVR7grV6xYKvp763KcepTmcciFc2iezw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > All, we have another BX that I am organizing this week. > If anyone has any donations, kindly let me know if you can organize a box > to me asap. > *Please email me privately.* > > Timing may be tight for some of you; I understand. > If you're not ready, that's fine. > Thanks, > Bridget > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 4 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…