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Buns_of_Fire

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23. Several years ago, when browsing in the local florist's...

Reply to dweller (Reply #15)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 04:25 PM

Jul 2020

I ran across a pack of seeds that read something like "Jack and the Beanstalk" beans.

Hmmm?

So I bought a pack. I love greenery and the like.

Planted 'em outside the apartment. Damn. They really DO grow fast!

Shortly after, my wife and I moved to a house that, believe it or not, used to BE a plant nursery! (Maybe I'll recount my stories of 5lb. palmetto bugs later.)

Anyway, to my former neighbors in the vicinity of N. Andrews Ave. and Oakland Park Blvd. in Ft. Lauderdale: I'm sorry. It was my fault.

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Unsolicited bean seeds from China: DO NOT PLANT [View all] The Blue Flower Jul 2020 OP

Check the pkg for Ivanka's patent #. Budi Jul 2020 #1

Did the packet identify which plant rusty fender Jul 2020 #2

jewelry bigtree Jul 2020 #5

so it's not known if this is some danger bigtree Jul 2020 #3

How would it be a scam? PTWB Jul 2020 #7

Snopes reasons they're trying to establish a fake customer base bigtree Jul 2020 #9

This makes sense - from the Snopes article: blogslut Jul 2020 #22

are they labeled other than 'bean' ? dweller Jul 2020 #4

The packets are in Chinese The Blue Flower Jul 2020 #8

If you're so interested, you could probably take a picture tritsofme Jul 2020 #31

They grow pod people--look out! panader0 Jul 2020 #6

Received the following message on my Next Door app The Blue Flower Jul 2020 #10

Bizarre. Just another way to spread paranoia in advance of Nov 3? Hortensis Jul 2020 #11

Welcome to the united states of russia & china. BComplex Jul 2020 #14

This is what grows from them. roamer65 Jul 2020 #12

I saw a picture of these posted elsewhere spinbaby Jul 2020 #13

probably dweller Jul 2020 #15

+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #16

NOOOOOOO! louis-t Jul 2020 #17

Kudzu seeds look like beans csziggy Jul 2020 #19

Several years ago, when browsing in the local florist's... Buns_of_Fire Jul 2020 #23

It could be an important new food source. Or... Poiuyt Jul 2020 #18

Nobody has identified the seeds yet? That's odd. hunter Jul 2020 #20

Secret agent seeds that grow biocameras and microphones.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #21

You are correct Rstrstx Jul 2020 #30

Sounds like how BigAG sent free seeds to South America that would not regerminate. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #24

You didn't order them. You can't read the label. But you planted them? Iggo Jul 2020 #25

The new kudzu? It's going places! madinmaryland Jul 2020 #26

Technically you're supposed to have a plant import permit to receive foreign seeds Rstrstx Jul 2020 #27

I ordered seeds off of ebay not realizing it was a foreign supplier. empty envelope arrived with Demovictory9 Jul 2020 #28

That's the exception rather than the rule Rstrstx Jul 2020 #29