yes, invasives r i think the main reason for that. i work for the pa dept of ag on our end of it for poultry they require paper work for the diseases and AI concerns. it's why they contol import and export on that as well. it may not always seam fair but if they didn't put restrictions on it to control things they'd be totally out of control with diseases and plants takeing over everywhere.
Reuse of U.S. Post Office priority mail boxes is illegal
I've been getting most of my boxes for shipping from the Wmart I work at. There are a ridiculous variety of box sizes for me to choose from and I can always frankenstein them into whatever size I may need for whatever. That's for smaller lighter items though. I like the flat rate boxes for heavier stuff and I do stuff a box well:)
I admit to once turning a pm box inside out and retaping before I realized/read somewhere that it was illegal. Just seems like such a waste to toss them. I will let them pile up when I'm heavy into the co-ops and throw them away at work in our compactor where the cardboard bales go to a recycling center.
Posage cheap? What planet is the person who said that from? In many, many cases FedEX, UPS, and DHL will beat them hands down...they're just trying to make up for lost revenues to these services as well as the internet.
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I just happened to come across this list of plants that can't be shipped to certain states. I'm sure this is only a very partial list; it probably only includes the plants sold by Annie's Annuals.
http://www.anniesannuals.com/shop/donotmail.asp
Just something to keep in mind when offering or asking for plants.
Edited to add: I was surprised to see that so many states ban morning glories (Ipomoea spp.) coming into the state.
Jeremy
This message was edited Aug 23, 2008 2:32 AM
morning glories r invasive and considered noctous weeds is why they r banned.
Yes, I found a beautiful purple morning glory, Ipomoea cairica http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53527/ growing near a creek by my house. I brought home a few seeds and planted them. I now have this common named "Mile a Minute" vine shooting out on long roots up to about 50 ft from the original planting site, engulfing every shrub or plant in its path. But, the flowers are beautiful and there are those people that have a passion for morning glories as others might have for orchids or coleus or other plants.
Jeremy
i love them they r beautiful but i keep them potted and grow them on trellis so it helps to controll it.
I wish I had done that with the I. cairica, but didn't know at the time it would live up to its "Mile a Minute Vine" name. Still, it is nice to go out in the morning to clouds of purple morning glories everywhere.
Jeremy
Ok
Morning Glory Lover piping in here. Most anything can get invasive if allowed to. I grow a minimum of 10 varieties at any time and have never been invaded. I grow them in 3 gal pots with trellis and harvest the seeds as they ripen so they are not allowed to "go native"
I have only 1 pesky one that puts out tons of seeds and a couple to to ground before I can get them. I keep after them and treat them like weeds when they are found out of pot. The key to growing them is to keep after them. They are not a plant you want to put in the back of somewhere and forget about them until you see them growing 2 blocks over. LOL
the previous owner of my property I guess had morning glories ... and certain times of the year they take over my very back yard and bloom like crazy and smell soo good ... I think they are Morning glories ... they could be bindweed??? but mornng glories are ssoooooo pretty ... I love them also ...
Jeremy thank you for the helpful shipping links ... they will come in very handy :D
I routinely reuse priority mail boxes, but only for priority mail. I have cut them down as well as taped them together to make the sizes I needed. The postmaster at the PO I go to is happy to see them reused as long as all stamps and addresses are covered or marked out. This is so the addresses of previous shippers is not given out to others.
deb