Seeds from China

[milkloss]

I gather these packets of seeds randomly sent from China are appearing in this country as well as the US.

So what is it? Agricultural warfare?

 

[R J]

Mutant blackgrass seeds ?

 

[Tarw Coch]

Have you ever watched any of those border security documentaries from Australia? I doubt they’d let them in there.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

So what's it all about??

 

[Kevtherev]

I gather these packets of seeds randomly sent from China are appearing in this country as well as the US.

So what is it? Agricultural warfare?

Derek?

 

[milkloss]

So what's it all about??

people in The states have been receiving small packages of seeds they didn't order from China, each one is labelled as containing jewellery apparently.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Have you ever watched any of those border security documentaries from Australia? I doubt they’d let them in there.

You can take whatever you want into Australia, but they irradiate it all first.

 

[Tarw Coch]

You can take whatever you want into Australia, but they irradiate it all first.

Pretty sure on some of the tv programs I’ve seen there’s plenty of stuff that’s seized and destroyed,

 

[farmerm]

quick look online and if the images are to be believed, all the packs of seeds are different species.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Pretty sure on some of the tv programs I’ve seen there’s plenty of stuff that’s seized and destroyed,

Smuggled food and other items banned by international treaty I would guess they destroy.

 

[Danllan]

I gather these packets of seeds randomly sent from China are appearing in this country as well as the US.

So what is it? Agricultural warfare?

'Chinese' knotweed?

 

[jendan]

I gather these packets of seeds randomly sent from China are appearing in this country as well as the US.

So what is it? Agricultural warfare?

I doubt there is any truth in it,but there will be plenty numpties willing to throw them away in the garden to see if they grow.A Chinese version of "The day of the Triffids" maybe?

 

[Kevtherev]

Pretty sure on some of the tv programs I’ve seen there’s plenty of stuff that’s seized and destroyed,

The old man got stopped in airport in USA en route to California by sniffer dogs he had apples in a bag.
Few years ago now so I wonder is that why he’s bald ?
Radiation and all that?

 

[7610 super q]

I've been getting parcels of Chinese slag.

 

[B'o'B]

Smuggled food and other items banned by international treaty I would guess they destroy.

Australia and NZ are pretty strict on what you can take in. Pretty much any unprocessed food stuff is a big no no and there is plenty of warnings before you get to customs. They take their biosecurity pretty seriously and for good reason.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Smuggled food and other items banned by international treaty I would guess they destroy.

Yes, plus on the ones I’ve seen they’ve been pretty hot on anything that could carry seeds be that clothing, motor vehicles or anything else. Imported vehicles have to be cleaned to an exceptionally high standard, every nook and cranny is inspected.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

It's not just imports. Try taking a header or baler from the eastern states into Western Australia. If they find one bit of residue its turned around. Fruit and vegetables crossing the SA border from Victoria is another no no. Big fines if you try and snuggle stuff past the checkpoint inspectors....and EVERY vehicle is stopped.

 

[Kevtherev]

Look what’s happened here with Japanese knotweed and Himalayan Balsam to name two invasive species.

 

[Christoph1945]

Could they be small packets of flower seeds; perhaps if someone could read Chinglish they could work out what the contents are.

I ordered some special dahlia seeds from China months ago and still no sign of them arriving here.

 

[Christoph1945]

Out of interest ........... one lady in America received a small packet that was completely empty. As soon as I read the 'operator code' on the address label I laughed as I remembered a book called 'Operation Splinter Factor' that I once read some years ago.