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Iâve been reading about those seeds. Does anyone know what they are yet?
A while back I was hanging out in a gardening forum and someone from Australia was looking for seeds of poison ivy. They wanted to plant it as a perimeter fence planting to keep people out. Greaaat. Introduce that horror to Australia. I hope no one was dumb enough to send them any.
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Nope ⊠they just have Chinese writing on them. Apparently no one in our vicinity can translate Chinese 
I havenât seen them personally just pictures of those who have and posts about âmy friend got someâ
So given this day and age ⊠I donât know if itâs a hoax or if folks are actually getting unsolicited seeds packs.
Our Sheriff put out a blurb to send them to someone over at ENCON or at the Dept. of AG. But, as of yet I just keep saying the same pic passed around.
I was also wondering if it wasnât some gimmicky thing to get people to buy things. Companies used to send out freebies when trying to promote something. But, then again if itâs in a different language than the target audience can understand, itâs not very effective.
So who knows. If I do get any Iâll let everyone know 
I was just looking it up. Apparently itâs real enough. So far the stuff they have grown out has been innocuous but doesnât preclude bugs and diseases. They donât even want you to open or handle them. There are international plant restrictions for good reasons.
Oh for sure. I just was wondering how far spread this is.
I guess being older I always sort of knew about bringing foreign seeds, plants, etc in could really put our Ecosystem in jeopardy. Thatâs why we canât bring back any agricultural souvenirs (meats, fruits, plants, animals) back from an overseas vacation.
I would certainly hope if anyone did get these packets, that they wouldnât open them. But, I get the feeling a lot of folks lack simple common sense now days
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Oh boy 
Chinese can be translated with an app on your phone. Can you post a pic?
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I was being sarcastic about the image going around our local media sites. I know it could be easily translated, but no one seems to know how
This is the picture Iâve seen going around.
They have started identifying the seeds and they all seem harmless as of now.
So far, however, the species appear to be innocuous. At least 14 of the seed species had been identified as of July 29, according to Deputy Administrator Osama El-Lissy of the USDAâs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. They includes mustard, cabbage and morning glory as well as herbs like mint, sage, rosemary and lavender. He said hibiscus and roses were also found.
Here is the article and there are a few more pics:
Oh and I also read where most âexpertsâ are believing this to be a âbrushingâ scheme. These seeds are just part of it. A lot of people are also reporting unordered Amazon packages. These are from Chinese companies sending tons of small, inexpensive things in order to inflate their customer numbers and get those rankings soaring.
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Funny because itâs true.
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This has happened to every age group during lockdown 
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Yeah, none of those are my adult goals. Sorry.
Except maybe ânot going to a party.â The older I get the more awful those become. Unless itâs outdoors and BBQ is involved.
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Thatâs a groaner lmaooooo
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Iâm wondering how many here are familiar enough with late 1950s rock ânâ roll to really get the joke. 
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They probably wonât admit it LOL ⊠but if anyone is too YOUNG to know ⊠this should help
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Er ⊠ahem ⊠never heard of this.
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Yeah, me neither (puts hat on to hide gray hair)
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