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Subject: USDA seized and destoyed Replies: 66
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 3,740
 
Rob, you are right.  Here are a few more introduced to the US by man:

starlings
English sparrows
Japanese privet
chestnut blight
Dutch elm disease
Norway maple
ambrosia beetle
Japanese beetle
boll weevil

even mosquitos in Hawaii


Subject: USDA seized and destoyed Replies: 66
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 3,740
 
I never intended to start a political discussion.

Mean while, back at the fig ranch--------


Dale

Georgia


Subject: USDA seized and destoyed Replies: 66
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 3,740
 
The USDA followed the eBay records. EBay is not responsible as they are only a conduit. The seller and the purchaser are the ones that are accountable.

I know of all the pests that have been introduced. I don't fault the USDA at all. Rules is rules.

Subject: USDA seized and destoyed Replies: 66
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 3,740
 
The USDA officer was a nice guy, but I would not want to make him mad.  He said that it was my responsibility to see that all of their requirements were met.  He did say that I was not in danger of having charges brought against me.

Jules, what I had were "sticks".  The term is "plant material" when you fill out the customs form.  The "sticks" were just mailed to me in an envelope from Turkey.  Five months later I got a call from a USDA officer.

When I told him that I did not think that there was a problem with bringing in cuttings from outside the US because I had ordered daffodil bulbs from Holland before.  You should have seen him wheel around.  It took me five minutes to calm him down and assure him that all of the phytosanitary certificates were included years ago when I got the bulbs.  I kept my mouth shut from that point on.

I think about all of the fruits and vegetables from all over the world in my local super market and wonder about a hand full of "sticks" that I got in the mail.

Who knows, I may have drones and satellites watching my place from now on.


Dale

Georgia

Subject: USDA seized and destoyed Replies: 66
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 3,740
 
James, she could.  It's called smuggling.


Dale

Subject: USDA seized and destoyed Replies: 66
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 3,740
 
The seller was goldenpera_com .  The cuttings were shipped from Turkey.



Dale

Subject: USDA seized and destoyed Replies: 66
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 3,740
 
I got a call from a USDA officer a couple of days ago.  He inquired about some fig cuttings that I had gotten on eBay this winter.  He said that the cuttings had come from outside the country and were prohibited.  He was required to seize and destroy them.  I had successfully rooted the cuttings and set them out in the ground.  The plants were dug up, put in a plastic bag and he took them to be destroyed.

The officer was a nice enough guy and was just doing his job, but he still took my plants.  Apparently the seller did not have the proper PPQ permits to ship plant material into the USA, and neither did I.

I knew that shipping plants with soil could be a problem.  Maybe even bare root plants.  But apparently even shipping cuttings is a big no-no.

I just thought that you guys should know.



Dale

Danielsville, GA, Zone 8a/7b

Subject: Solution to mold Replies: 31
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 2,877
 
I have used Captan to prevent mold on cuttings and stratifing seeds for years.  It is approved for use on food crops up until harvest.  With mold and many other things, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  I dip cuttings before sticking, Japanese Maple scions before grafting, seeds before stratifing, and fig cuttings before rooting in a bag.  I almost never have a mold problem.  Just follow label instructions.  It is sold in nurserys as Captan 50  wettable powder.

Dale

Subject: hello from new member in Atlanta Replies: 22
Posted By: Amdoor Views: 845
 
Hi Chris,

I'm in the area.  Just up I-85 N.   My office is in Suwanee and I live in Danielsville.

Welcome,

Dale