{"id":14480,"date":"2020-07-31T10:39:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=14480"},"modified":"2020-07-31T10:39:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T14:39:02","slug":"received-unsolicited-seeds-in-the-mail-dont-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/received-unsolicited-seeds-in-the-mail-dont-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Received Unsolicited Seeds in the Mail? Don\u2019t Plant!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As if 2020 events couldn\u2019t get any stranger, people across the country are receiving packets of seeds in the mail they did not order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Example of unsolicited seeds via Washington State Department of Agriculture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you happen to receive unsolicited seeds, whatever you do, do not plant them. Instead, report and send them to the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources<\/a> (if not in Massachusetts, send to your state’s plant regulatory official).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is still much to learn about who is sending them and what they are, but the current thinking by is that they could be invasive plants. The USDA is collecting the seeds to better understand what they are and their impact on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking for something to enhance your garden, consider native plants that attract pollinators<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As if 2020 events couldn\u2019t get any stranger, people across the country are receiving packets of seeds in the mail they did not order. If you happen to receive unsolicited seeds, whatever you do, do not plant them. Instead, report and send them to the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (if not in Massachusetts, send […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/seeds2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3Ly","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":288,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/dont-weed-the-milkweed\/","url_meta":{"origin":14480,"position":0},"title":"Don’t Weed the Milkweed!","author":"Kristin S.","date":"July 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"If a gardening catalog offered a plant that sported unique flowers, attracted butterflies, fed and protected the beloved monarch butterfly, provided nesting material for goldfinches and orioles, was easy to grow, and was native to our state, wouldn\u2019t we be eager to plant some in our gardens? 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