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mailing flower seeds internationally

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Does anybody here happen to know if it would be illegal to mail flower seeds from Scotland to the US?

What if they were in a plain envelope with no return address?
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They will never make it through customs inspection in the post office. Since 9/11 the restricted list of biologicals including seeds, plants etc. has been increased immensely.

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yeah, but if a few seeds were in an envelope, do you thing they'd even notice??

i mean, if it's not a coconut or so..
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Just hide them in a way which they wouldn't notice.
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amar wrote:i mean, if it's not a coconut or so..
Everyone knows that you send coconuts by African swallow. :roll:
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jsluder wrote:
amar wrote:i mean, if it's not a coconut or so..
Everyone knows that you send coconuts by African swallow. :roll:
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What is an African swallow?
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drum roll...
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Cranberry wrote:What is an African swallow?
http://systemimager.sourceforge.net/pub ... cenes.html
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Don't they irradiate incoming mail now? I think that'd kill any seeds coming in.
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Well, I sure hope the seeds wouldn't be for a plant that has been found to be invasive here. You should at least check on that. There are reasons for being careful about bringing plant and animal products into a country. It isn't all a capitalist plot.
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