Absolutely Gutted!

Yeah that is actually true. I think its up-to a $10,000 fine for bringing in a fruit at the airport!!! Even importing a jar of honey will get you into REAL trouble! Not kidding!

i believe it. hawaii is apparently messed right up from non native plants and diseases now.

one of the issues with cannabis seeds is bringing russet mites in with them. they've been known to be able to travel on the seeds. they are microscopic and there is no way to eradicate them once you have them other than scorched earth.

if they find a native host they'll destroy the natural ecosystem easy.
 
I think these "things" get in all different ways. I mean when you look at the millions of tons of air/sea cargo, shipping, boats, tourists (and their baggage), immigrants personal belongings (by the container load), migrating birds, ship-rats etc etc etc..... we are never going to escape disease or mites from one source or another!
The few seeds I managed to get went directly into a deep freeze, and stayed there for a week or so. Any living creature would have perished I'm sure.
Most of the plant and animal issues we have here, were brought years ago by settlers, either for food, sport or just to make them feel at home! They obviously didn't realise the full future impact of bringing a "foreign" species into a different ecosystem.
Now we have deer, wild boar, rabbits, rodents and a myriad of obnoxious weeds and aquatic pests. All (most) of which were introduced purposely.
Humans huh, we can F-up anything we touch and everywhere we go!


This is why we NEED cannabis. So with all that's going on around us, we can still chill out and appreciate things without getting stressed.
"So THAT your honour, is why I purchased the cannabis seeds in the first place....I rest my case!" :rofl:
 
i believe it. hawaii is apparently messed right up from non native plants and diseases now.

one of the issues with cannabis seeds is bringing russet mites in with them. they've been known to be able to travel on the seeds. they are microscopic and there is no way to eradicate them once you have them other than scorched earth.

if they find a native host they'll destroy the natural ecosystem easy.
California and Arizona have a Point of Entry for entering into their state. I hauled produce and it was always inspected by Agricultural Inspectors. CL🍀
 
California and Arizona have a Point of Entry for entering into their state. I hauled produce and it was always inspected by Agricultural Inspectors. CL🍀
That seems a little bizarre, I mean, the US is all the same landmass. Its not like pests of one sort or another can't get blown across, or carried on an animal etc. But hey, we do all we can I guess.....
 
That seems a little bizarre, I mean, the US is all the same landmass. Its not like pests of one sort or another can't get blown across, or carried on an animal etc. But hey, we do all we can I guess.....
I think it’s just a precautionary measure because in the Southern states they accidentally imported fire 🔥 ants 🐜 from South America. They don’t have any out West and they don’t want anyone bringing them in accidentally. There’s also some kind of Citrus fungus that can cause millions in damages to the industry. The state of Florida has a big problem with Invasive Species. Plants and animals. CL🍀
 
I was in Florida way back in 93 or 94 I think it was. Spent a month on holiday. Stayed in a motel in Sanford for most of the time.... apart from a few nights spent with a woman I "engaged" with, in her Condo. Good times as I recall. 😁
I lived there for about 13 years, right across the street from the beach. It was heaven on earth. The fishing was great but the tourist chicks were fantastic. I’m in Chicago now taking care of my elderly Mother but I’m going back someday. CL🍀
 
The few seeds I managed to get went directly into a deep freeze, and stayed there for a week or so. Any living creature would have perished I'm sure.

russets can survive in space. you really don't want them.
 
Okay, so I know I have to be a bit careful with the rules here, regarding purchasing seeds and wotnot, so if I overstep the plate please let me know moderators.

My angst is basically this. I have spent the last few WEEKS pouring over the various seedbanks looking for my next new "babies"... then I finally pull the pin, only to get the message that "we cannot deliver to your city/state...". In a blind panic I rang the company (UK based) and they gave me the bad news. "We no longer ship to NZ because too many shipments are being intercepted by customs and destroyed..."

AGHHHHHHH.... The humanity!

NZ is a wonderful place to live, and its also a fantastic place to "grow". But, it seems that every letter, every package, every parcel, goes through a screening process that would pick up a microbe on a fleas bum!

Well, the real issue apart from that, is that customs are obviously aware of the many "stealth packaging" examples that the seedbanks use in order that the seeds remain...... lets say, "discrete".

So, I though lets try some of the wonderful American seedbanks, and I will get them to deliver to a freight forwarding company (I have used a FFC for years so I can shop USA), but alas, they wont deliver to a freight forwarder.....

I'm gutted. I have just set up a new DWC tent, ordered a new Migrow LED etc etc..... cant get the bloody seeds now!!!!!!

Guess I'll have to start growing Orchids.

I really was looking forward to trying a few new (to me) strains, but seems I'm screwed! 😭

Last time I purchased seeds was around September/October last year and my four packages from Delicious Seeds all got through, also packages from Old School Genetics got through for me as well the season before that.
 
Bluter, I looked at the three you mentioned, but the first one is Australia and they don't ship outside AU. In fact Australia has only recently relaxed cannabis laws, and I'm guessing that all legit companies over there are extremely careful not to screw up. King Seeds (NZ) and Herb Federation are indeed NZ seed banks, and they are great if you only want Tulips, and lettuce etc. Yes we have many "seed suppliers" in NZ, but they are strictly the sort of seeds you might find in the local garden centres, not cannabis seeds.

There are/have been quite a few bogus adverts for local cannabis seeds, but they are not legit, else they just pass-on the order to one of the many overseas seedbanks, whilst adding on their own profit.
I cannot see how a company could sell from inside NZ, as both the plant AND the seeds are illegal to posses or sell here.
I forgot to mention you can also purchase domestically off the Dark Web, the vendor's name is "homegrownNZ" on the market "Archtyp" he sells twenty or so different strains and ships from inside NZ. You can get the onion link from tor(dot)taxi if you want to go that route. I use to buy my seeds from him a while back.
 
That seems a little bizarre, I mean, the US is all the same landmass. Its not like pests of one sort or another can't get blown across, or carried on an animal etc. But hey, we do all we can I guess.....
It is the same landmass, but many of the pests are isolated by geography and environment, i.e., they can live in say the midwest, but can't live in the mountains that seperate the midwest from the west coast, so they're effectively isolated, until you start moving stuff cross country. Lot's of issues with fruit/vegetables/ag products moving within the US, mediterranian fruit flys, gypsy moths, dutch elm disease, glossy winged sharpshooter, the list is very long. The two worst things in Hawaii were the inadvertent introduction of rats by Europeans, and then later the planned introduction of mongooses (mongeese?). They brought in mongooses to kill the rats, but they didn't do their homework, rats come out at night, mongooses hunt during the day, so the mongooses decimated the ground nesting birds, and the rats proliferated.
 
It won't help. The original post was quoted in the reply, so everyone's going to see what was there even if the original post was deleted or changed. CL would have to go back to post #54 and delete the second sentence from the original post he replied to.
I tried and did what I could edit. CL🍀
 
@Phillybonker, how did the grow go this year? Has it been harvested?
I harvested two months ago, lost the whole lot due to having nowhere to dry. I attempted to dry outside but the high humid conditions made it impossible and it all molded out. That result was not unexpected though as I knew before I started this grow I was going to have a hard time drying.

Knowing I'd lose quite alot trying to dry it outside I really pushed the plants to their limit out in the bush and did some experimenting. Suffered about 60% losses to mold with the Black Domina plants trying to get them to finish when usually I'd pull early, however Eleven Roses really showed it's ability to withstand botrytis and I only suffered less than 5% mold with those plants.

I did learn quite alot though, stuff I wouldn't have learned if I didn't grow this season. For example - digging small holes will result in small plants, need to dig big holes so they can spread their roots. I was attempting to do no-till by not disturbing the soil but I think it's better to dig a big hole first then spread cover crop over it in off season and work the soil over a period of a few years (like another Guerrilla grower I know who has done just that successfully). Doing no-till in a guerrilla grow "straight out of the gate" doesn't work, I believe it takes a few years working the soil to see good results from no-till.

Other experiments I did with this grow include soaking some seedlings in seaweed liquid just before transplanting and feeding the plants NPK throughout the grow like I normally would, while giving other plants absolutely nothing, no seaweed liquid or NPK. There was no difference, all plants grew the same, same size and same potency regardless of whether they got seaweed liquid and NPK or not. That suggests if the soil is decent there is no need to feed the plants anything, BUT I must point out these experiments would hardly stand up to scientific scrutiny. The plants were small because I started the grow later in the season so they required less nutrients, maybe it will be different if these were big plants?.

Anyway, I live and learn. I don't regret growing this season even though I lost the whole lot. It made me better prepared for next season.
 
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