Counting Small Seeds and points to note before shipping

How to Count Small Seeds

You may wonder “How can I easily count 50 or 100 or 500 or more of such tiny seeds?” Here’s a handy if unscientific way to do it. Place a pinch of seeds on a sheet of white paper. Spread the seeds apart with the point of a lead pencil. You will be surprised to find that you really can distinguish separate seeds -or if you can’t, use a magnifying glass. Count out 100, adding a few for good measure. Push them together with a pencil, taking care not to pile them on top of each other. Draw a circle around the lot. Package your hundred and use the circle to guide you in measuring out the next hundred. If you sell thousands of seeds you might have a tiny ladle made to hold exactly 100 seeds. Of course, the circle and the ladle will be of different sizes for different seeds.

Before Shipping

Before shipping any plants or parts of plants, inquire from your state department of agriculture whether or not you must have the material inspected. In the United States, few states require inspection on greenhouse-grown material which is shipped within the states. A few states where Japanese beetle is prevalent do require it. Inspection is required in all states if the shipment is going into Canada and most foreign countries.

When you are shipping to a foreign country, contact the state Department of Agriculture of your own state (see Appendix) for instructions as to the preparation and labeling of material for shipping. Every country has its own regulations and they vary considerably.

When you want to import material from a foreign country, it will be necessary to obtain permission from: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Branch, 209 River St., Ho-boken, New Jersey. You will have to state the type of plants you are going to import, who is shipping them, and their port of entry. You will be assigned an import number and given slips to send to the person exporting the plants to you. This may sound complicated but it takes only a few days to receive your permit. Don’t get yourself in hot water by importing without authorization.

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