- Courier: $1.10/request;
(minimum charge $8.50)
- Other:
at consignees expense.
Notes
1.
Cone and seed extraction and processing
includes:
pre-treatment or conditioning of
cones, kilning, tumbling, and/or
screening, recovery of seed, disposal
of empty cones. Product is bagged
unclean seed; separation of coarse
debris, initial separation, dewinging,
drying to specified moisture content,
final cleaning to a specified purity
and mixing of seed. Product is clean
seed in moisture proof bag.
2.
Standard seed processing of seed
extracted but not processed, off
site includes: separation of
coarse debris, initial separation,
dewinging, drying to specified moisture
content, final cleaning to a specified
purity and mixing of seed. Product
is clean seed in moisture proof
bag.
3.
Registration includes: assigning
permanent registration number with
the Seed Planning and Registry System,
recording of collection information,
extraction and processing data,
test results, and weight of seed
in storage as required by policy.
Routine services included are inventory
maintenance, seedlot information
maintenance, and reports to seed
owners.
4.
Testing includes: sampling of
seedlot and determining seeds per
gram, moisture and purity %, germination
% (capacity) and germination value
(rate). Testing is comparable to
International Seed Testing Association
(ISTA) standards and procedures.
Single germination capacity and
rate tests are performed for Cw,
Fd, Lw, Hw, Bg, Py, Pw, and Cy;
two tests are performed for Bl,
Ba, Bn, Sx, Ss, and Pli.
5.
Special testing requests include:
sampling of seedlot and performing
a single germination, rate and capacity,
moisture, purity and/or seeds per
gram test. Modified sampling procedures
may be used with testing to current
standards as noted in item 4, above.
Test results are reported to requesting
agency and/or seedlot owner.
6.
Storage includes: keeping seed
in a secure, controlled atmosphere
environment, and routine monitoring
and re-testing for inventory and
quality assurance purposes.
7.
Withdrawal and preparation:
a. Withdrawal includes: removal
of seed from storage, weighing of
amount requested, bagging seed and
packing for transport.
b.
Stratification includes: preparation
of seed by using normal running
water soak, surface drying and chilling
procedures. This is in addition
to withdrawal. Small requests may
need to be soaked in standing water.
c.
Extended stratification includes:
additional stratification and
stratification re-dry techniques
used for Abies spp., yellow-cedar
and western white pine.
d.
Special processing services
presently include sizing and density
separation processing. Sizing includes:
separation into two fractions based
on differences in physical seed
size. Density separation processing
(DSP) includes: seedlot characterization
as to processing suitability and
trial and production separations,
either imbibitional and/or dehydrational.
More information on these new services
is available by contacting the TSC
directly. These are in addition
to withdrawal and standard stratification.
Owner,
agency and/or nursery may wish to
carry out the stratification and/or
special processing. The TSC sponsors
workshops on these topics; please
contact us for more information.
8.
Transport includes: chillpak
is added to carton of withdrawn
and packaged seed, TSC weigh bill
prepared, carton secured and forwarded
by courier, overnight delivery.
9.
Seed sales: seed will be sold
at published prices per kilogram
FOB TSC. Shipping will be
at purchaser's expense.
