TGRC

ChrisK · April 15, 2013

Request denied! Apparently they will not send seed to hobby breeders since they are overwhelmed with requests.

**carolyn137** · April 15, 2013

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Originally Posted by ChrisK

Request denied! Apparently they will not send seed to hobby breeders since they are overwhelmed with requests.

It could be that they are overwhelmed, but interacting with others I think they want to see prior proof of some breeding work you've already done. And then how what you're asking for fits into those breeding efforts or perhaps new ones,

I used to know what was required on the application, but that was so many years ago Im sure it's changed in the meantime.

And no, I wasn't the one requesting, but a couple of folks I know were doing so.

Carolyn

ChrisK · April 15, 2013

Wasn't much of an application or info requested, simply a text box to list your request and then a text box for intended use. I do understand that they have to serve the academic and more serious breeding communities. Dilettantes such as myself are low priority.

Worth1 · April 15, 2013

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Originally Posted by ChrisK

Wasn't much of an application or info requested, simply a text box to list your request and then a text box for intended use. I do understand that they have to serve the academic and more serious breeding communities. Dilettantes such as myself are low priority.

I know as a fact that academia gets really bent when a (Dilettantes) gets involved in their line of work.(some times)

Look up the history of some of our greatest discoveries in medicine and palaeontology.

More than once I have proven some of these folks wrong in private after they were preaching the gospel to their students.

Way off subject.

Worth

Heritage · April 16, 2013

Chris, it looks like they really got hit this year with requests (from the explanation on their site). You might consider trying again when things slow down. If you didn't the first time, explain a little more about the work you are doing and how you will use their accessions in your breeding work.(e.g. you are the only breeder doing micro dwarf crosses, etc.). Also, keep the number of varieties to just a few. I think they will send you seed if you keep at it. And, when they do send you seeds, report your results back to the curator.

I would also be interested in the experience and recommendations others have had recently with TGRC, maybe things have tightened up considerably in the last two years. (my last request was two years ago)

Good luck,
Steve

April 15, 2013	#1
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	TGRC Request denied! Apparently they will not send seed to hobby breeders since they are overwhelmed with requests. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

April 15, 2013	#3
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Wasn't much of an application or info requested, simply a text box to list your request and then a text box for intended use. I do understand that they have to serve the academic and more serious breeding communities. Dilettantes such as myself are low priority. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

April 16, 2013	#5
Heritage Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,255	Chris, it looks like they really got hit this year with requests (from the explanation on their site). You might consider trying again when things slow down. If you didn't the first time, explain a little more about the work you are doing and how you will use their accessions in your breeding work.(e.g. you are the only breeder doing micro dwarf crosses, etc.). Also, keep the number of varieties to just a few. I think they will send you seed if you keep at it. And, when they do send you seeds, report your results back to the curator. I would also be interested in the experience and recommendations others have had recently with TGRC, maybe things have tightened up considerably in the last two years. (my last request was two years ago) Good luck, Steve Last edited by Heritage; April 16, 2013 at 01:25 AM.