Mysterious seeds sent from China to the US identified by the USDA

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The mysterious seed packs from China that hundreds of Americans received in the mail have been identified, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Federal officials warned those who received the seeds not to plant them over fears that some may be invasive species and could destroy native plants and insects.

Osama El-Lissy, a member of the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said officials had identified more than a dozen plant species included in the seed packets.

"We have identified 14 different species of seeds, including mustard, cabbage, morning glory and some herbs, like mint, sage, rosemary, lavender, and then other seeds like hibiscus and roses," he said.

Authorities believe the seed packets may be part of an online money-making scam that likely originated in China.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-seeds-sent-china-us-151105272.html

[TexasTowelie]

1. I can't wait to see how our paranoid president is going to twist this story.

The China hibiscus was sent to take over the world!

[CatWoman]

4. LOL!!!!

[Clearly fogged in]

5. Expecting the familiar 1960 version,

the DVD borrowed from the library was this one. That was one very animated plant!

[CatWoman]

10. in the above version, the plant was voiced by Levi Stubbs

who was the lead singer for the Four Tops

[Clearly fogged in]

12. That explains the great soundtrack

The original ending, when Audrey bloomed with the faces of the victims, maybe could have been kept in some manner. I watched and waited for it.
Watch it again? yes?

[tblue37]

11. Without Steve Martin as the dentist, the film would be much less fun. nt

[Clearly fogged in]

13. He was a brutal and sadistic protagonist, well played

He met his deserved end!

[dweller]

2. well, somebody does have a rose garden to renovate ..

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[BigmanPigman]

3. If they had been pot seeds

I bet it wouldn't have taken very long to "identify" them.

[Blue_true]

7. No one is just going to send those around free.

Those seeds are really expensive, like four seeds costs something like $60. And there is no certainty that the four germinate.

[BigmanPigman]

14. No my experience with any seeds (pot or non-pot)...

but I have two black thumbs. I even managed to kill an air fern.

[Demonaut]

6. maybe it's their peoples way of apologizing for the virus, human to human

[Blue_true]

8. Actually, it was a company trying to get people to write good reviews.

Their logic was the reviews and the high review score would juice sales and they would more than make up for handing out free seeds.

[Hoyt]

9. We'll send them Kudzu seeds.