Re: [CH] RE: Seeds were not delivered
phil and meredith (brownz@d2.net.au)
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:33:34 +1100
>> I sent seeds to a list member in NZ once, and suspecting they were
>>illegal,
>I have no problem about peppers going wild here in NZ as the frost in
winter
>makes them annuals. In fact quite hard to grow in most parts.
>Having said that. The danger from exotics is very real and in the last year
>the Agriculture border control has got much tighter.
>In fact since September 11th and aftermath parcels packages are being
>checked even more closely.
>So it does not surprise me if OZ is much the same. I shall not be sending
>any seeds through the mail for some time, if ever again until the world
>calms down.
hi all,
i've been recieving seeds into australia, as i'm sure many others on this
list have. it is certainly legal to bring chilli seeds into australia
(plants and the dirt/organisms on them are a different matter), but as tony
says, it's likely that customs have clamped down on anything suspicious
since the anthrax scares, of which we had a number of hoaxes here.
maybe dave should invest in some friendly, reasurring packaging ;)
anyway,i'm certainly going to try to get more seeds sent here for next year,
can't stop now i've started :)
regards,
phil,
in oz.