Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited packages of seeds

Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by xzel on Saturday July 25, 2020 @11:34PM (#23954216)

Invasive species are mostly bad for ecosystems. They introduce a lot of unknowns. There is nothing safe for neither humans nor wildlife about possibility introducing invasive species.

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by dboreham on Sunday July 26, 2020 @12:33AM (#23954463)

Go visit a place with a noxious weed problem (e.g the Bitterroot Valley) for positive confirmation of this.

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by saagarjha on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:24AM (#23954643)

Or closer to many people here, yellow star thistle (yes, that annoying spiky plant you’ll often see in the California grass).

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by hedora on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:19AM (#23954871)

The hills of California used to be green in the summer. The dead yellow fire hazard grass is called “avena” and is an invasive species.

If I ran things, I’d develop an avena-specific herbicide, and drop it from helicopters every spring.

Replacing it with natives would lower the fire risk substantially, and probably also cool the hills off a bit during the summer.

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by Agentlien on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:22AM (#23954885)

Personally, I tend to have trouble controlling my mint.

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