Re: AE AE on Ebay
As for bringing plants back from Hawaii, you take plants out I have done it. Inspection is required, and you would be advised to check with your local extension office before trying it. Each region of the U.S. is different. I can ship just about anything into my region, we really don't have strict agriculture requirements. But I shipped bananas to Arizona last year and they have their own requirements. I also shipped Brugmansia in to Sonoma, California and there are different requirements depending on the time of the year. It just happened to be late summer/early fall and during this time of the year they require a bettle certificate. So you can't just move plants from state to state. I received a call from the USDA in California on a Saturday inquiring if I had that beetle certificate so they could forward the shipment on. I found out that in that region the post office works hand in hand with the USDA, but I'm sure you can understand why. They can also enforce stiff fines if they so choose, but I have never heard of any being issued. I have received a letter of interception from a package coming to be from Thailand. It was taken in San Francisco and destroyed. So be careful not to "waste" perfectly good plants and get in trouble. Call the USDA and find out their requirements.
Michael
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