Hallson Summer Hosta Swap

[ZZTOPSOIL]

And that Concludes Our Swap...We are Finished!
"Thank You's" to Everyone that Participated.
It was Another Successful Hosta Swap!


Sorry...We are Closed to New Participants.
(Hosta Boxes/Packages Have Been Sent and We are Finished.)

Hello Everyone!"
We Have Not Had a Hosta Trade Here for a Few Years so I Thought I Would Step Up and Volunteer so...
Let Us See if I Can Get This Right This Time.

"Welcome to the 2015 'Hallson Summer Hosta Swap'"!



It is that Time of Year...Time for Another Fun and Exciting Hosta Swap...
So that Means it's Time for...Hosta Swapping Season to Begin!

The 2015 'Hallson Summer Hosta Swap' is Open to...
All Hallson Hosta Folk Residing with an Address in the United States or Canada.
Canadian Subscribing Members are Welcome as Well.
(Just as Long as...
I Get at Least Two(2) Canadian Subscribing Members to Sign-Up for Match-Ups)

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2015 Hallson Summer Hosta Swap Rules
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If You Wish to Participate in the 2015 Summer Hosta Swap'...
You Need to Sign-Up by Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 11:59 PM.
(Just Before the Stroke of Midnight)
To Participate You Also Must Private Message Me All Your Information Before the Closing Date/Time.

I Will be Private Messaging You the Name of Your 'Summer Hosta Swap' Participants Name that You Will be Sending Your Hosta(s) to by...Tuesday, July 7th, 2015.

This 'Summer Hosta Swap' is for Sending...
...at Least One(1) Named Hosta Plant.
(You are Allowed to Send More if you Choose but...You Must Send at Least One(1) Healthy, Disease Free, Named Variety of Hosta, with at Least One(1) Eye and Sufficient Roots for Planting).
There has been Much Discussion Here and Other Forum Sites on HVX and Foliar Nematodes. If You are Suspicious of Any Hostas You Have...Please Do Not Share those in Question with Your Fellow Hosta Friends. Please Only Send a Hosta(s) that You Would be Happy to Receive and Plant in Your Garden.

All 'Summer Hosta Swap' Packages Must be Mailed/Sent out by Monday, July 20th, 2015.
If there is Any Problems Getting Your Package Shipped Out on Time...
Please Private Message Me so I can Contact Your Secret Hosta Swap Mail Recipient/Partner.
This 'Secret Hosta Swap' is Set-Up so that No One Knows Who is Mailing to Who.

All Secret Hosta Swap Packages Must be Mailed by USPS Priority Mail, FedEx, or UPS with a Delivery Confirmation(DC) or Tracking Number.
Once You Have Mailed Your Package...Please Private Message Me with Your DC or Tracking Number.
This Will be Used to Track the Package if there is Any Problems with the Delivery.

Please Remember to Send Me that Private Message with Your Information for Mailing...So You May Participate in this Spring 'Secret Hosta Swap'.
Make Your Private Message Subject Line...'Secret Hosta Swap' and Include the Following Information:

Your Full Name (First and Last).
Your Full Mailing Address (Including Zip Code)
Your Hallson 'Screen Name/User's Name'.
Your Personal E-Mail Address.

I Will Private Message You with a 'Confirmation' that You are a Participant of the Summer Hosta Swap'.
I Will also be Posting Below the Participant's 'Screen Names' as They Sign-Up. If Your Name Does Not Show Up on the List Below...Please Private Message Me to Get this Corrected.

A Very Important Sideline Note...
Hosta Secret Swaps are Always a lot of Fun and We Can Avoid Disappointment by Making Sure that those who Sign-Up for this Secret Hosta Swap are Committed to Following through and Mailing out their Packages on Time.
Please...Do Not Sign-Up if You Can Not Complete Your Obligation.

NOW...If You Wish...Post a Link to Your 'Want/Have' List of Hosta(s) that You Have Currently in Your Garden Below When You Post to Participate. 'Wish Lists' May be Posted on Your 'Want/Have' List.
(This Does Not Mean that Your Trader Has to Send You a Hosta(s) from Your 'Wish List'. It is Just a Guideline so People Will Know what Hosta(s) You Have Currently in Your Garden and what Hosta(s) You May be Looking for.
Any Hosta(s) that are Sent...are Totally Up to the Individual Who is Sending.
This Hosta Swap is as All'Hosta Swaps are...For Fun!

I Want to Remind Everyone Our Guys Chris and Brian Have an Abounding Selection of Hostas for Sale...that They Would be More than Happy to Send if You Wish for Them to Send to Your Hosta Reciepient. They'll Select the Hosta(s) You Want , Pack, and Ship Them for You if You Wish to Not Dig Up Your Own in Your Yard. It Saves a lot of Time.
Or You Can Have Them Shipped to Your House and Add Some from Your Garden and Mail on Your Box to Your Receipient.

So Let's All Have Some Fun...It's Hosta Swappin Time!
If You Have Any Questions or Concerns...Just Private Message Me.

Lelan.

Following are Links from the HostaLibrary.org.:
(A Wonderful Source and a Wealth of Information)

Simple Instructions for Dividing Hosta.
http://hostalibrary.org/misc/div/

Simple Instructions for Shipping Hosta:
http://hostalibrary.org/misc/ship/index.html

Hosta Virus X - (HVX )
http://www.hostalibrary.org/firstlook/HVX.htm

Another Very Good Source with Visuals for:
Digging-Dividing and Shipping Hosta.
http://www.pbase.com/weed30/dividing_an ... ing_hostas


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2015 Hallson Summer Hosta Swap' Participant Listing
SENT and RECEIVED.

(Here is a Chart of What the Standings Currently are.)
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'amr_ind' (IN)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/10
7/11~Hosta Box Received from Carol O/(Carol) in Washington.

'bigdaddy1' (CANADA)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/13
7/16~Hosta Box Received from hostaanita(Anita) in Canada.

'bethreck' (IN)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/13
7/16 ~Hosta Box Received from gardengirl13(Kristin) in NY.

'Carol O'(WA)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/08
7/21-Hosta Box Received from ZZTOPSOIL(Lelan) in OR.

'DBoweMD' (OH)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/15
7/15 ~Hosta Box Received from rosey_posey(Rose) in IL.

'gardengirl13' (NY)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/13
7/13~Hosta Box Received from mjjones453/(Mary) in IL.

'grdnnkd' (MN)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/10
7/16~Hosta Box Received from bethreck(Beth) in IN.

'hostaanita' (CANADA)- Hosta Box Sent-
7/16 ~Hosta Box Received from Pieter(Pieter) in Canada.~

'mjjones453' (IL)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/11
7/13~ Hosta Box Received from amr-ind/(Ann) in IN.

'morgansrgr8' (OH)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/20
7/16 ~Hosta Box Received from DBoweMD in OH.

'Pieter' (CANADA)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/13
7/17 ~Hosta Box Received from bigdaddy1/(Chris) in Canada.

'rosey_posey' (IL)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/08
7/23 ~Hosta Box Received from morgansrgr8(Ann) in OH.

'ZZTOPSOIL' (OR)- Hosta Box Sent- 7/20
7/13~Hosta Box Received from grdnnkd/(Brian) in MN.

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[Pieter]

Lelan, thank you for doing this! Guess I'm the first one to thank you for the revised post and the confusion the first caused. I'm a Canuck and welcome all fellow Canadians on the forum to participate, it can be like Christmas in June when your surprise gift arrives!

[bkay2000]

I've never done one of these things. Would it be appropriate to send a hosta that doesn't do well for me? I'm in Texas, and I grow in pots, so not everything does well for me. For instance, I have a Key West that is in it's third year. It's not happy. It has about 7 eyes, but they are not big and showy like they should be. It would be great for it to have a home in the cold north ground. I have a couple of others that just don't do well for me here. Olgas hosta don't seem to care for Texas.

Would that be appropriate to do with a swap?

bk

[Pieter]

I have a Key West that is in it's third year. It's not happy.
Would that be appropriate to do with a swap?
bk

Absolutely! As long as the person you're sending it to doesn't have it as yet.....

[Carol O]

I'm looking forward to this swap. Any plant that isn't doing well in one place, might thrive in another.

[grdnnkd]

I'll play!

I haven't been on here in so long. What a happy surprise to see a trade! I'll have to let my friend know here too. I'm sure she'll get into the swap too.

Thanks ZZTopsoil.

[ZZTOPSOIL]

Come on Folks.
We All Like to Swap Hostas.
And I Know Some of You Are Bucket Brigading from All the Rain and...
Some of You are Sweltering in All the Heat.

At this Point We Could All Use Some Good Hosta Swapping Fun!

[ZZTOPSOIL]

Sign-Ups Will be Kept OPEN Until Sunday, July 5th.
Then Names Will be Sent Out Over the Weekend.
I Hope that a Few More People Sign-Up.

[mjjones453]

Hosta List

[bkay2000]

My hosta list

bk

hosta list.pdf

(40.06 KiB) Downloaded 50 times

[Bigdaddy1]

I AM CANADIAN...........!

Sorry, just had to. I haven't been on here in forever. Life is getting busier by the day. 3 little girls, soccer almost every evening, Honey-Do-List, etc......... You thought host addiction was bad; I got into ducks and coturnix quail. Bird math is a problem! I appreciate the heads up on this ZZTOPSOIL. I would love to get in on this swap. It's a fun way to expand your collection. I will have to attempt to update my list here in the next few days.

P.M. on its way ZZ.



Chris.

[Pieter]

Hey Bigdaddy/Chris, it's nice to see a fellow Canuck on here, now I know I'll have someone to exchange with....

[gardengirl13]

Oooohhhh thanks for PMing me!! I haven't been on here in a bit and wouldn't have known otherwise!! Yes I would love to join, I'll PM you the info. The last time I did this I had such fun! I got, I think, 4 hostas. We moved and took them all with us and they are doing well. Now we're moving again in a couple months so we're digging everyone up anyway, and it will be great to add a swap to the mix!!!

[gardengirl13]

Well I don't have a list yet. I might have one from years ago, not sure where it is on here. But we're moving soon, so all the hostas and woodland/shade gardens are getting moved too. I plan on doing what I always wanted to do a food garden. I also might do a music garden since my husband is a musician. For food any plants with food names will be fun. With funky colors too. It was very funny because the last swap I did I didn't mention that I want to do this at some point and I got Twist of Lime and Raspberry Sorbet and a third I can't remember the name right now, as three of the four that were sent to me! It was perfect!

[DBoweMD]

It's been a long time since I've done this, always fun.
I will have to update my list, which I stopped trying to keep up with several years ago.

[rosey_posey]

Thanks for the private message about this swap! I'll join in the fun, but it's been a long time since I've been here, so I'm not sure if I even have a list of my hosta...and if I do, it's got to be updated!


Well...looks like I do have a list on here! I gotta get out more!

[Seedseller1]

I, like several others, have not been to this site in a while and was pleasantly surprised to receive a PM inviting me to join in the fun. In past swaps, whether it was on this site or others I have always had a pleasurable experience, and hope that the recipients of my exchanges felt the same way. I have, however, refocused the direction of my hobby and am concentrating on the hybridizing aspect of it rather than adding to the more than 400 named varieties in my collection. Time and space issues will cause me to regretfully decline this offer to participate even though my past experiences are tempting me to say "yes". Thank you Leland for taking on the task of arranging this swap and I hope you participants enjoy it as much as I did. It was nice to see some names of participants that I used to "hang out with" on this forum. I've "met" Carol O on the hybridizing forum, and wondering if Dr Dave is still dabbing pollen?
It also brought a smile to my face to see that the tutorial I did on "digging, dividing and shipping" is still alive and well, wow, that seems like a long time ago!
Best wishes to all,
Mike

[ZZTOPSOIL]

Yes Mike that is a Wonderful Tutorial.
Incredibly Simple to Follow.

And Thanks Everyone...the Names are Rolling in Now.
All Aboard the Hosta Train.
Sign-Ups Will Close on Sunday Night.
Thank You Everyone for Participating.

[hostaanita]

I would love to take part. I am in Canada though .
I have to update my list , if I can figure out how to do that.
I had so much fun with these secret swaps and it would be so much fun to get involved again. Thanks for setting this up.

[morgansrgr8]

Count me in. I really need to check my mail more often, I almost missed out on the swap. With all this rain all I do is pull weeds. I will also try to get my list updated as best as I can. Lost a few and added a few.
Thankyou so very much for hosting the swap, and sending out a message to everyone was a brilliant idea. I also would have missed it if you hadn't.