SERIOUS ALERT: strange seed pacages - unsolicited - from China

[calfoxwc]

several states have had farmers receive them... the public is warned to NOT PLANT them.

they don't know why, or what. they might be infected - could damage US crops. Please report any of these packages to

agriculture authorities immediately.

here's the link:

https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/27/unsolicited-packets-seeds-may-mailed-china-states-warn/5516852002/
 

[calfoxwc]

having said that, btw, I learned this just this morning:

NOTE:

every hear of stinkbugs? you probably have. Guess what. they came to the US in Pennsylvania.

in 1990. They came from.....CHINA.

The Brown Marmorated Stinkbug

The brown marmorated stinkbug (Eocanthecona furcellata) or simply “stinkbug” for short, is an invasive pest that is native to China. It was first discovered in the United States in the late 1990s, in the state of Pennsylvania. Stinkbugs have since spread to 40 states, as well as parts of Canada, though they are still most plentiful in the Mid-Atlantic region, including Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.

Stinkbugs range in size from half an inch to an inch in size, but their most notable characteristic is the one that gives them their name. When stinkbugs are frightened, disturbed, or killed by crushing, they emit a pungent odor that some describe as skunk-like. Some say it smells like tomato plants.

Stinkbugs are becoming an increasingly problematic agricultural pest—the herbivorous insects inject their sharp, pointy mouths into fruit and other crops, leaving behind rotted areas that make them unviable for sale as fresh produce.

[calfoxwc]

and...

the covid virus came from China.

interesting.

[TexasAg1969]

And the tumbleweed came from the foot of the Urals in Russia in the 1880's to South Dakota. No one knows for sure how or why. 

https://gardencollage.com/wander/gardens-parks/chasing-history-tumbleweed/

 

[MLD Woody]

Yeah invasive species coming from other areas of the world in a time with more global travel isn't that surprising.

 

These seeds though ... That's very strange 

[calfoxwc]

16 minutes ago, MLD Woody said:

Yeah invasive species coming from other areas of the world in a time with more global travel isn't that surprising.

 

These seeds though ... That's very strange 

 

21 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

And the tumbleweed came from the foot of the Urals in Russia in the 1880's to South Dakota. No one knows for sure how or why. 

https://gardencollage.com/wander/gardens-parks/chasing-history-tumbleweed/

 

hopefully it was some kind of mistake? a shipping computer went wild? the world is getting to be a "smaller" place all the time.

and hopefully, not plants that would affect our crop production. That would be tragic. viruses, crowding out, ruining hay, poisoning stock............

Dutch Elm disease came from Asia. crap.

Dutch elm disease - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_elm_disease

Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease was accidentally introduced into America and Europe, where it has devastated native populations of elms that did not have resistance to the disease.

[TexasAg1969]

Pine beetles have been with us thousands of years, but they have devastated the western side of RMNP. Thousands of acres of dead pines now. Take a look

from Farview Curve in the Park looking down the Valley towards Grand Lake on the western slope. And of course it's all ripe for a huge forest fire now.

 

The beetle epidemic changed the forests of Kawuneeche Valley in a matter of four years.

[tiamat63]

Good news, dutch elm can't hurt us because, well, none of us are dutch.

 

....it's science.

[calfoxwc]

3 hours ago, tiamat63 said:

Good news, dutch elm can't hurt us because, well, none of us are dutch.

 

....it's science.

unless you are a blockhead of wood from a Dutch Elm tree......