Package with seeds that appear to be from China
Posted on 08/03/2020 12:03:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The first time Renee Ball received mystery seeds in the mail from China, it puzzled her. Then, a few weeks later, it happened again.
She had ordered some seeds online at her Churchill Falls home, but these didn’t appear to be what she ordered, so she put off planting them.
“I thought I’d wait, not plant them, since there wasn’t any clear address of where they’d come from other than China. I held on to them and never gave it a second thought until I got the second ones and thought that was weird. It wasn’t what I’d ordered, and the label said ‘beads.'”
Shortly after that, she ran across social media posts from a variety of agencies in the United States and Canada warning people about unsolicited mystery seeds sometimes labelled as jewellery and the potential dangers of planting them.
One of those agencies is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which issued a statement on July 28, which said unauthorized seeds could be the seeds of invasive plants, or carry plant pests, which can be harmful when introduced into Canada.
“These species can invade agricultural and natural areas, causing serious damage to our plant resources,” the statement read.
Ball said she never even considered planting the seeds she received, but knows some people might, which is concerning. She contacted the government about the packages she received but hadn’t heard back at the time of this interview.
“I don’t know what to do with them,” she said. “I don’t want to burn them, not knowing what they are, and I don’t want to put them in the trash, [because] they’ll make their way into the environment somehow.”
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Are “mystery seeds” the new vehicle to deliver illegal drugs now that the border is becoming secure?
That seems odd to me...
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“...plant in five feet of permafrost and water liberally...”
Headline should be: “Seeds Retrieved from Labrador”.
A few people on my local Next Door forum have received these mystery seeds.
“The Day Of the Triffids!”
The media treatment of the mysterious nature of the seeds is indeed... well.. mysterious. I’ve seen a number of photos. Two varieties of sunflower, pumpkin, and these are cucumber.
Mystery solved
People have their Vitamix 5200 blender. They are missing out on some good mystery seed powder for their power lunch:
½ cup (120 ml) plain low fat yogurt, or non-dairy alternative
½ cup (85 g) green grapes
½ (65 g) orange, peeled, halved
½ (90 g) apple, seeded, quartered
1 cup (30 g) kale
2 Tablespoons chia seeds (substitute mystery seeds)
1 (100 g) frozen banana, peeled
2 Tablespoons almonds, sliced
½ cup (60 g) raspberries
5 ice cubes
Blend until smooth.
Yep. Seemed a little less cliché than Audrey II...
There were also some citrus-y looking seeds
A new source of protein . . .
Triffids.
There was a similar article about these seeds yesterday on Fox News. In that article, the scientists had taken a look.
They found a lot of vegetable and flower seeds.
Cabbage, carrot, Morning Glory and others.
This may just be a trial run.
First shipment, send something harmless, something even attractive to look at.
Following shipments, send something genetically modified to destroy native plants here.
There are already fish like that.
The Asian Carp is causing problems up in Michigan.
I agree with your analysis. A successful distribution through the mail and it can be used to deliver biological or chemical weapons, human or plant viruses and diseases.
Body snatchers
That murder hornet is from Asia.
Caught North of Seattle, near Canadian border.
Best version of this IMO. Rick Mora is, Bill Murray and Steve Martin...hilarious!
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