I would be interested in joining! Thanks! - Lisa

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Tomato Seed Round Robin

This is a "round robin" tomato seed swap. We're all beginning to think about the
tomato varieties that we want to plant this next Spring! So now's the time to
swap. If you are interested, please email me (or post your interest as a reply
to this post) and I will send you a link where you can post the varieties that
you will be supplying to start the round robin. Rules are as follows:

1. To participate in the round robin, each participant will need to submit 5
different varieties of tomato seed (minimum 25 seeds per variety) -
open-pollinated or heirloom varieties perferred. This will get our round robin
started with at least 25 different varieties of tomato seeds (5 participants
X 5 varieites each) Seeds should be packaged in a small jewelry-sized Ziploc
(for moisture proof) and the Ziploc contained in a small coin envelope.
Jewelry-sized Ziplocs and coin envelopes will be supplied to each participate
by the round robin host before the round robin begins. Please choose varieties
that are different than those already chosen by the other participates that have
posted. After we have 5 people signed up, we'll
establish the date that the original seed packets
are due to the host. Each seed packet must be
labeled with the following information:
a. Variety Name
b. Type: Indeterminate or Determinate
c. Year of seeds (must be 2005 seed)
d. Days to harvest (from transplant to garden)
e. Source of seed whether it be from a company or seed you've saved yourself
(if you've saved the seed, it must be by the fermentation method)
f. Any other known information about the tomato variety such as good for
container gardening, resistant to specific diseases, leaf type, etc
g. GW person (GW name & email address) supplying the seed for the round robin.
2. Put in as many seeds as you take out - if you remove 5 seeds from one variety
and 5 seeds from another variety, then make sure that you add 10 new seeds in
a packet from a variety that is not yet in the round robin. Participants may
also add extra varieties and seeds if they would like to. This will keep our
round robin fresh and also growing with new varieties :)
3. Each participant will have 5 days to review the contents of the Tomato Seed
Round Robin when they receive it in the mail. Then they will be responsible
for packaging the round robin (in the original package) and sending it on to
the next person.
4. Participants will be required to keep the round robin host's name/address as
the "return address" on the package in case it should be lost in the mail -
it can be returned to the host.
5. Participants are required to send the round robin package to the next person
on the list via USPS 1st class mail with "delivery confirmation" which is a
small minimal charge.
6. Participants must email the host and post to the GW Round Robin Exchange
Forum when they receive the package and when they mail the package to the next
person. They must also post the USPS Package Confirmation Number for tracking
purposes.
7. Round Robin is limited to the first 5 people who sign up!!

If I've forgotten anything that I should have addressed above, please let me know.

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We have 3 people signed up -- just need 2 more :)

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Judy

Judy I reassessed my tomato seeds. Would Rutgers and Beefsteak acceptable in the RR? Thank you Dale Florence SC

Hi
I have heirloom tomatoes and I would love to be in the exchange. clay_lady