Sending samples

[Gary Prentice]

The FC have asked me to send some shoot samples after I reported something online. What's the the preferred method? Plastic box, Jiffy bag etc

[Roz]

I have sent samples in a brown paper bag so they can breath rather than sweat in a plastic bag....I guess placing them inside an envelope 'inside an envelope' would be as good - usually send first class (although that can be as slow as second class?!) and if you think they are going to deteriorate take some good photos to include.

[David Humphries]

Guess it depends to some degree on what you're sending.

 

I've used boxes and phials but mostly in cases involving leaves etc either Jiffy bags or sample bags put straight in to envelopes.

 

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[Gary Prentice]

Sending cedar shoots, hopefully some Sirococcus spores on. I was wondering if using something impermeable would degrade them.

 

I'll try a couple of envelopes. I'm impressed that I got a reply yesterday as I only submitted online on Sunday.

[Adam M]

The FC have asked me to send some shoot samples after I reported something online. What's the the preferred method? Plastic box, Jiffy bag etc

 

 

When I was sending ADB material to FERA they wanted it in either screwtop plastic tubes or a4 sized sealable baggies. Both should be labeled with date, your name, sample location. I then bagged these up in a parcel bag.

[Gary Prentice]

I've just reread the email, I there's no request at all regarding packaging. I've sent in now in a couple of paper envelopes, actually one of them paper mushroom bags from sainsburys and an envelope.

[Spruce Pirate]

A bit late in spotting the thread if you've already posted them, but when sending samples to FC labs we use zip lock bags, normally double bagged and then in an envelope. This is the way they ask us to send them, the only concern would be if it were sat in the bag too long in a hot sorting office or on the doormat in the lab. Samples therefore have to be sent either the same day they're collected or the next day. Samples collected late on a Thursday or on a Friday are therefore kept in the fridge over the weekend and posted on the Monday.

[Gary Prentice]

Never thought about refrigerating them. Thanks for the info.