::Plant it forward :: a RAOK like post

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Anonymous

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hyp3rcrav3 said:
java fern
Monosolenium tenerum
Willow Moss
Java Moss
Cryptocoryme Wendti 'Bronze'
Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis),
Elodea
guppy grass (Najas guadalupensis)
Bacopa caroliniana
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Nice list of starts. I believe I have the Crypt on this list. Not completely sure of the species but it is bronze in color and getting pretty big & looking coOOol!
 
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BUMP ! No one must have been interested in the last offer. Then, the thread went dormant. Are you interested in picking it back up SirEsDragon?
 
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hobbyorobsession said:
If SirEsDragon isn't interested in picking it up, I can offer some plants.
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Lol, all thumbs on my mobile tonight! SIRWESDRAGON ;)
 
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hello12590 said:
would you be able to meet up with someone to trade instead (save money and get to know new people)
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Ppl have been sending packages and meeting up for the exchange. I do not think whomever is Paying it Forward should "expect" for the recipient to meet up.
 
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hobbyorobsession

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Alright I will carry this on

I have available (enough to fill a small flat rate box a mixture of the following)

red root floaters
hydrocotyle verticillata
anubias sp barteri something ( its not dwarf/nana/ or petite )
nesaea triflora
ludwigia red
ludwigia rubra
marsilia minuta

maybe some other random

Ignore the spelling I am tired..

I can potentially meet someone at aquarium co-op's plant exchange, but I would prefer to just mail them out as it's much faster for me to do so.

If you accept this offer you must be willing to mail your offering out.
 
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hyp3rcrav3

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I know my offer isn't much. The Bronze Crypts are growing out nicely. The portion of Monosolenium is generous. The rest of the starts are fine and dandy, just waiting to be cut. Here is the offer below;

Java fern
Monosolenium tenerum (Liverwort like Subwassertang)
Willow Moss
Java Moss (These 2 mosses are mixed up and hard to tell apart. Willow moss is darker and grows slower.)
Cryptocoryme Wendti 'Bronze'
Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis),
Elodea
Guppy Grass (Najas guadalupensis)
Bacopa caroliniana

The offer stands.

I am interested in trades with hobbyorobsession if he/she wishes. Edmonds isn't too far from me in North Seattle. I like the ludwigia red, the hydrocoytle, or any of them but the marselia which I already have.

If I did mail it would be First Class. I would mail it inside the Postal building so the plants never get cold. In our localized region, priority mail isn't any faster than first class. Things are ususally there the next day. I've made a note from past experience.
 
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hobbyorobsession said:
Alright I will carry this on

I have available (enough to fill a small flat rate box a mixture of the following)

red root floaters
hydrocotyle verticillata
anubias sp  barteri  something ( its not dwarf/nana/ or petite )
nesaea triflora
ludwigia red
ludwigia rubra
marsilia minuta

maybe some other random

Ignore the spelling I am tired..

I can potentially meet someone at aquarium co-op's plant exchange, but I would prefer to just mail them out as it's much faster for me to do so.

If you accept this offer you must be willing to mail your offering out.
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Since you offered something I dont have ill take it.
 
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hobbyorobsession

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Normally this works were there is one recipient but I have enough for both of you. please PM me your address or that you'd like to meet up aquarium coop during the plants Swap. Hyp3rcrav3 has the current offer up now
 
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Anonymous

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I was going for hobbyorobsession's offer cause I dont have those plants but hyp3rcrav3's offer I have those plants. Who's going to offer? Hobbyorobsession or hyp3rcrav3?
 
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hyp3rcrav3

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Hobby is going to offer and I am going to offer. You can take hobby's and I'll trade with hobby if he wants. Is that more concise? My offer will still stand.
 
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Anonymous

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Ok. That sounds good. Then I will offer some plants to the next person. Just got to look up scientific names of plants I got to offer. Hobbyorobsession is that okay?
 
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hobbyorobsession

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Maybe it's a good time to revisit how I intended this to work.

My intention with this thread was to share the hobby freely with others. I sell plants and trade plants frequently. But between those times, I have a lot of cuttings that I compost. I thought, it would be nice to just share them with anyone who is willing to do the same. I feel that giving plants away at our cost helps : to expand the amount and number of things being grown locally, gets people talking about plants, and gives another person the opportunity to enjoy a plant that could be new to them, or help them try something different at no cost to them. I feel that the experience of growing a new plant is the best way to learn about it.

I think the confusion arose when two people are offering something at the same time.

Below are the tentative rules to "plant it forward" from it's first post.

hobbyorobsession said:
Similar to RAOK (random act of kindness) you may find on other forums.

rules of :: Plant if forward.

A member must post what plants they have to (Plant It Forward) for another member.  

Another member must accept those plants as is and offer plants up for another member.





:example:  I (Daniel) would offer up a portion of baby tears. shipping to be paid by me to anywhere in Washington.  

Another member (Bill) says hey I will take those plants ( sends me a private message and exchanges shipping info)    I send out the plants at my cost.

(Bill) then posts I have a portion of java fern available.

Member (Jim) post I would like some your java fern..(he contacts Bill), Bill sends plants..

Jim is then obligated to post plants he is willing to send to another member at his cost.

fairly simple in format.



Please do not jump posts and offer plants until someone accepts the last item offered.

Accept plants as is and don't ask to modify the offer publicly. Portion size is determined by the person offering plants, and quality is at their discretion. But do your best to send out plants in a condition you would like to receive them in.

Don't post your shipping address to the main forum.

If plants are offered for an extended period of time with out being claimed we may adjust the offering as we see fit.

I'll offer ludwigia repens and some red root floaters to start this off.

Anyone who wants this portion of plants must post that they claim my plant, and message me with their address, Then subsequently offer up plants to the next person.
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I offered a new list of plants, because the last one was not claimed in a while.
But Before anyone claimed my offer, there was a second offering of plants hence the confusion. It's in the right spirit, but just makes it confusing who then is to continue forward with this game.

I will happy send out a portion of the plants i listed to both of you, at my cost.

SiRWesDragon your offering to take them and continue on solves our issue. please send my your address via pm and i will send them out and you will be the next person offering plants.

hyp3rcrav3 I'd be happy to give you any of the plants I listed, But I am not looking for a trade at this time. Just pm me your address and I will mail them to you.
 
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hello12590

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I wasn't expecting them too but if you see where the other lives if there are close together just thought it would be nicer for other members to meet.
 
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hello12590 said:
I wasn't expecting them too but if you see where the other lives if there are close together just thought it would be nicer for other members to meet.
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 :iagree: 

Few of us have done it :D
 
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