BCSS Seeds

[habanerocat]

Could somebody direct me to the paypal link for seed payment for overseas customers please?
I can't find it anywhere.

What's the story, do you post the form and pay separately?
How are the order and payment cross referenced?

Thanks!

[DragonFish66]

I've ordered and got my seeds all were my first choice but i would like to order a 2nd time for a few i want but didn't get the 1st time round how do i go about doing this ? or is it 1 order per member ? cheers

[Cidermanrolls]

Is anyone having better results than me?
I panted 26 packs of BCSS seed on Jan 7th and 18 packs from another supplier. I have a propagator running at 20c fitted with a grow light on a time switch.
Of the BCSS seeds, only 7/26 pots are showing any germination, mostly just one seed, whereas the the other seeds are showing growth in 14/18 pots, many with multiple seedlings.
The genera have some overlap but are not identical though of similar difficulty I would say.
I rejoined the society last year after several years away and received the free seeds, and these were sown shortly before the others. These are showing germination in most of the pots. Seed from a UK based eBay supplier is also showing very high germination, I'm going to have dozens of epiphylum hybrids unless I lose them to damping off!
Is there a problem with this year's BCSS seed, or am I just super impatient?

[Cidermanrolls]

A couple of months on, is anyone having good results with this year's seed? I've got fewer than a dozen seedlings out of 20+ packets. The other suppliers packs are showing much better results.
This is not a dig at the people who give their time to sort, pack and send out the seed, but it might be a question about the suppliers used. If I wasn't having such good results with seed from other sources I might question my methods this year, but I'm left with only one obvious conclusion.

[Aiko]

I've got fewer than a dozen seedlings out of 20+ packets.

What kind of species are they? There are quite a few species that at first show bad germination rates, but really need time (Opuntia, Cyphostemma / Cissus) or could wel do with one or more restarts maybe even years later to finally see some germination rates (Dinteranthus, Massonia, Lithops). Mostly goes for African succulents.

If they are mostly Cactaceae, then that might be a different thing. I don't have good results with restarts from cactus species, besides maybe Eriosyce.

[iann]

It is too early to say what the germination rate is this year. I didn't plant until March and nothing has germinated yet. I still peer at the pots every day to check

[iann]

And it begins. Two different Eriosyce ss sprouted today., that's about 2 weeks after planting. Still three more cacti with nothing showing.

On the plus side, I have 100% germination from MSG seed. All mesembs of course.

[TheChinski]

I'm about 10 days in and have quite a few pots planted up, but I finally have my first sprout, a teeny tiny lithops. Hopefully patience is key!

[jhb]

My seed order arrived in double quick time. I sent the order on a Friday & received the seeds the following Monday. Many thanks to the volunteers who make this happen. I also got all that I ordered.