The Seedy Side Of Seedbanks

[Herby]

yea coinbase for sure!! in my experience using virwox and paxful, or sites like it.... they are just too much trouble coinbase is one of the best ways to go.

[MommaBear]

Just ordered from seedsman, after a slight issue with my bank wanting to block them it's good to go!!! Thanks for paving the way Gears - it may have taken me longer to try them if we hadn't talked!!!! Now to actually get them 😁

[Gears]

Just ordered from seedsman, ................

MommaBear

Great! Seedsman kept their end up by getting it into the hands of Royal Mail in a couple of days. That's the good news.

The bad news is that the service from Royal Mail <insert groan here> is nothing to write home about. After languishing at Heathrow for 2 days, my tracker finally reported it as "On the way to Toronto" early last Friday morning UK time. As of a few seconds ago, more than 4 full days later, it still says "On the way to Toronto". Hmm. An 8 hour flight takes more than 4 days? Didn't know the Brits were still flying airships. Must have hit a headwind

I'm assuming it was in Customs sometime Friday afternoon. What with it being a long weekend here in The Great White North and the usual backlog at Customs I expect the next notice I get will be today or tomorrow. Possibly even telling me it has left TO or is here in my town.

I'm pretty confident. Confident enough that I ordered 5 more Northern Lights this weekend. The order comes with 14 freebies! All but 1 are Autos The other is a fem though.I may need an addition onto my grow space.

All in, including extra for tracking and Coinbase fees for Bitcoin, my cost this time worked out to $3.84 Cdn ($2.85 US) per seed. How the heck do you beat that?

Will let you know when they show up.

[alltatup]

I ain't complaining!! They still got here fast!! AND they germinated fast!!

[Gears]

For sure. I don't even know why I ordered more. I don't need them. Just that the price is so damn good I couldn't stop myself LOL

[alltatup]

Seed collecting is addictive; smoking weed is not.

[dontknownuttin]

Mine is stuck at customs in Pyongyang North Korea AND WITH THE Designation in the U.S.A, it could be awhile I guess. At least they will be well protected huh?

[Gears]

Given that they were on the verge of war this morning that's probably not the best place to be

[Gears]

MommaBear

I promised to let you know when this got here. I had several back and forths with Royal Mail about this. They have an odd idea of end to end tracking. Once the wheels lifted off from Heathrow, they posted "On the way to Toronto, Canada". I fully expected updates when it was in Customs and again when it went to Canada Post to be shipped to my city. That never happened.

They arrived today. As you can see from the pic, all the seeds are clearly labelled.

[MommaBear]

Good stuff Gears!!!!! I'm currently waiting for them to even get my order out!! Ordered and paid on May 23rd and they still haven't shipped. Sent a few emails to support and no response. Getting a lil miffed.... I did find a Canadian site that appears to mass order from overseas and then distributes, I may try them next time- uppercanadaseedbank.
I sure hope they get out soon or I'll have to order from CKS again so I have seeds. Thinking harvest will be in four to five weeks. Eeeek!!!
Which ones you going to plant first??
I did however get my order from pure green express today wooo hooo. Moon rocks and a strain called bell ringer on the menu for tonight!! 😁

[Gears]

That's odd MommaBear This order was shipped on the 3rd business day after I ordered it. I placed a 2nd order on the 22nd of May that shipped on the 24th. Any delays I experienced have been soley because of Royal Mail. At the risk of asking a dumb question, did they confirm your order was placed?

I am interested in finding out just how mild smelling the Dutch Passion Auto Ducks and the Nirvana Blue Mystics will be. It'll be while before I have room. My first grow is an epic fail. I took all the warnings about not over watering, over feeding and too much light too early way too seriously. My first 2 White Widows are stunted as a result. I'm going to let them play out for the experience and the 2 grams I'll likely harvest.

I have 2 others that I'm correcting those mistakes with. But they are only about 8 days since popping out of the coco.

[MommaBear]

I got an order confirmation email, order online at seedsman shows paid and being packaged Order #100217498 - Order Paid – Packaging Shipment

soooooo I guess it's just my bad luck!!!
first grows are all about learning. I'm trying to not have any high expectations of my yield etc. You'll rock this next set 😉

[MommaBear]

Just heard from Vicki at support with much apologies. Apparently the bank holiday threw them wayyyy behind. Faith restored 😉

[Gears]

Better late than never.

They have 3 people working support. Maybe it's my fault for tying them up asking them too many questions. LOL Seriously though, these days getting an apology from a business is a rarity. Back in my good books.

[alltatup]

My experience with SeedSupreme: they take longer because they have so many orders to fill. Stick with the seedbanks with the solid reputations and practice patience: I don't mind waiting for the peace of mind a good seller gives you.

[dontknownuttin]

Just started three Auto pounders from Bonza today!

[dontknownuttin]

No sprout as of yet, I bet 10 more days.

[OzBud]

10 days?

[dontknownuttin]

10 days before plant sprout will show

[OzBud]

is that how long it usually takes for you? Usually only takes 4-5 days for me.
What's your germination method?

[alltatup]

When I put them in the germination tray with germination pad underneath, they pop in a day or two.

[dontknownuttin]

I just prepare and PH Rockwell cubes then place seed in Rockwell and contact Green 75 for advice

[Blazed227]

I always get mine from herbies... never had a problem an the customer support is great.. an they will send u another shipment if tje first gets siezed... i had some cookies-n-kush fems from barneys farm that went to shit.. 2 didnt germ, an the other 3 were freakin male.. great luck right . Anyway i ordered the seeds a year and 8 months ago an never had a chance to run them.. so i figired i was SOL beings it was so long ago.. so i emailed them anyway an the said that the next time i place an order i can pretty much pick whatever 5 pack i want long as its about tje same price.. so thats cool of them to do..

[MommaBear]

Got my order 😁👍🏼 As with Gears royal tracking said on its way to Toronto and then nothing for 9 days and then it appeared. Envelope was super easy to open so not sure if customs had a peek or what. Was "hidden" in some stick on gems but not exactly stealthily..... regardless they are here. Super pumped 😝

[alltatup]

Hey, I got some of the Gorilla Glue auto from Seedsman, too!! We can compare your coco grow to my hydro grow.

[MommaBear]

sounds like a plan!!! 😁 I'm curious for sure!!!!!

[Gears]

Great MommaBear !

I didn't want to rub salt in a wound. So, when my second order arrived a week ago yesterday, I didn't mention it.


Same thing about Royal Mail's "tracking" this time. I had them in my hand and their tracking site still said "On it's way to Toronto, Canada" ( I don't live in Toronto)

But, that is out of the control of Seedsman, of course. Delays are from waiting on Canada Customs to clear it.

I only bought the 5 Nirvana Northern Lights. All the others were free. It would be hard to gripe about that!

[Vapo69]

Congrats dude that's a great haul

[alltatup]

My last order from Seedsman went to Ireland before it made it over to the new world...

[MommaBear]

Hahahaha no worries Gears 😉
You're getting quite the seed collection going!!! I'm hoping to have a nice variety in stash some day #retirementgoals

[oldjarhead100]

you guys have me convinced I'm going to try seedsman, still like Bonza seeds and have never had a problem with them. Maybe I'll order some from both sites on same day and see what happens

[600m]

I have to say that I was pretty impressed by Nirvana (Netherlands). They were HUGELY less expensive for decent seeds (my Aurora Indica Feminized seeds were on sale, too), and I got them in fifteen days to California from the date of ordering by mail. I bought with cash, which I thought was completely insane, but it worked out no problem. They really were on top of everything and the "stealth" packaging was perfect.