Where would I post my entire seed list of all the seeds I have for trade? Wasn’t sure to place it under “For Sale” Category as it’s not for sale but to exchange seeds with others.
I have lots of Tree seeds & Veggie Seeds. I think it would be great to see everyones seed collections in hopes of finding something interesting to trade for & vice versa.
There’s a section called the Trading Post but maybe you don’t have access since you’re so new?
Yea I just joined a day ago. How long does it take until I have access to the trading post? I couldn’t find it likely cuz I’m still too new.
The sticky in that section says “This category is only viewable by those users with trust level 1 or greater meaning complete newcomers (level 0) will not even know it exists.”
You’ll likely need to spend some days/weeks reading and commenting on posts to up your trust level. The sticky also says:
We suggest that you trade only with people you know from their posts. There is a much higher level of mutual trust in that case and much less chance the transaction will go bad.
Please let the admins know if you are receiving unsolicited requests for scions from people you don’t know. We have in the past had problems with people “spamming” many users with generic trade requests.
I haven’t used it myself, but I think the vibe is people only trade with others they know and have spoken with a bit on the forum before, so it’s not really meant to be an ebay marketplace for trading, just a place for high-trust trading between friends. Just my impression!
I don’t know if the mods changed the levels from the defaults, but Discourse, the forum software running this site lists Level 1 as:
Get to trust level 1 by…
So spend a little time reading and enjoying the topics here and you should see the Trading Post category soon.
Welcome to the forum and I look forward to seeing your list.
Oh that should be easy! Thank you, there’s plenty to read up on.
Thank you! When I get to trust level 1, I’ll post it there. Speaking of which, have others also made a seed list there?
Perfect! That’s exactly what I wanted, trading with people.
People trade scions and cuttings more often then seeds. But pretty much everyone has seeds for trade even if its not listed. So when you write your list down, also put at list down of seeds you want/are interested in so that anyone that has them can send you a message.
I would say most of the trading is scions and cuttings, but some seed is offered, but few folks have posted any sort of larger list of seeds specifically. In terms of larger lists, that usually includes more veggies than tree seed. That doesn’t mean people don’t have a bunch of seeds that they might offer or share. Folks are also very helpful here, so if there are native seeds you are looking for to use in breeding (like Black Locusts), people might be willing to collect them for you if you are looking for specific attributes.
Smart! That’s a good idea. Since my seed list is huge, I’m a split it in 2 posts with the last 3rd post being the seeds I’m looking for.
Fantastic! That’s exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.
Good news, I’m now at Trust level 1!
I used to visit seed savers… not sure if folks do anymore. Not sure if you know about this. Seeds/Scions/Plants etc.
I was confused, I thought Seedsavers Exchange had nothing to do with seed trading & was simply a Brand Name that sells seeds. Can you actually trade seeds with people there?
Seeds, plants, scions… buy sell trade… kind of old school and alot of times folks never respond back… at least that was my experience.
Ah, just the late response of time. Well good to know. Did you ever trade anything successfully? How do you trade there exactly? What if you don’t have what they want?