*pre-edit* : random stoner ramblings but there's a point somewhere...
I noticed the fall harvest "testers needed" threads popping. It kind of amazes me that more people don't jump on it. But then - I'm not either and I got to thinking about it.
Some people don't have the room to do anthing but what they are already doing. You are giving away free stuff, but except for the newb growers that would love to get a pack of beans free, we all have an assortment ready to go next drop - and probably many drops after that.
I personally only have room to be at the beck and call of one chucker and still run an extra plant or three for myself from other sources. If I drop a whole pack, that is my grow - and I prefer variety. I am just growing for me and the close fam - and don't really want a pound of any single strain. But I am growing on a rotation and if I like it i'll drop more and find another girl when the jar gets low. It's a good trade-off. He knows he can send me whatever he needs run. and it'll get wet pronto - but he doesn't abuse that, or digs that I like growing a bunch of different strains. So I am running a bunch of different stuff - but it is mostly from him and a few of his buddies. That said, at this point if he needed me to fill the tents with something I wouldn't/couldn't refuse. I was a newb grower - and the dude that gave me free beans also taught me how to grow them well. So the investment in time was actually better than the beans - and it built a long term tester.
Anyway - lots of nuggets in there, but I think that asking people to drop a pack might be a sticking point. Whether for space, variety concerns, or even legal plant limits. Good luck to you both.