Strange packages of seeds are showing up in the mail in Alabama: Here’s what to do

AL.com ^ | 3/25/25 | AL.com

[DallasBiff]

Officials say Alabamians should be on the lookout for packages of “unsolicited” seeds arriving through the mail.

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) has announced it recently received reports of the seeds being delivered to residents across the state through the United States Postal Service.

[Leaning Right]

I made the mistake of planting one of those seeds. It didn’t go so well.

And now I’m in the market for an ATF-approved machine gun. But I suppose a 10-gauge shotgun might work too.

[MayflowerMadam]

IIRC, this same thing was happening 4 or 5 years ago. I don’t know if there were any answers then. It was weird.

[9YearLurker]

The USPS ought to be able to check where the seeds entered their system.

[Lazamataz]

It is super weird, and coming from China, I’m not too trusting about it.

[know.your.why]

hunter biden types here will smoke them.

[SpaceBar]

Low-level biological warfare.

Australia is very paranoid (and rightfully so) about foreign seeds and critters.

Do they have the same problem with unsolicited possibly dangerous/infectious/invasive mail from China?

[mass55th]

This has happened before. One such article from 2021:

Sketchy seeds from China in the mail finally explained

[Carry_Okie]

Burn them.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yeah, I would.

[Ikeon]

You want Audrey II? Because plant those seeds and find out why, we don’t plant strange seeds during a full moon!!!

[dpetty121263]

I got some in 2020, they were some sort of tomatoes, I didn’t plant them in neither garden or greenhouses, think I destroyed them and they were indeed from China.

[packrat35]

First thing I thought LOL

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They are not sending them to farmers.

[packrat35]

They came from China.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

“Kill it with fire” is generally the right answer.

[Noumenon]

“Feed me, Seymore!”

[Blood of Tyrants]

Burn them.

[ansel12]

****Perhaps an attempt by China to introduce more invasive plant species in an attempt to harm US agriculture?****

My thought also, if not this time another time, plenty of people will simply plant them or dispose of them in ways they grow, like tomato plants growing out of discarded garbage in the South.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

You’d better watch out for dentists too!

[odawg]

“I’m not a farmer, but I surmise that farmers can tell the difference between good seeds and bad seeds.”

No they can’t. I am not talking about rotting seeds, etc.