[Arisaema-l] seed import requirements for USA citizens

[Paul H Schneider]

Thanks Charles. This should help lots of folks who are intimidated by the
USDA stuff. Hope you've had a great gardening season. paul schneider,
Eastern Sun Studio & Gardens, Portland ,TN

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 12:25 PM, 2csh <2csh at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Hi all: I am getting ready to submit seeds to Eric in The Netherlands for
> the 2017 AEG seed exchange. Still waiting for a pod or two to turn red. It
> occurred to me that some Americans might be a bit intimidated by the
> requirement to get a seed import permit from the U.S. Department of
> Agriculture. It is not so difficult and costs nothing. I just renewed my
> permit and it is all done on line now. You get the permit on line and also
> you get some green and yellow labels (also on line to be printed on a color
> printer) that you need to send to Eric with a photocopy of your permit.
> Eric puts a green and yellow tag with the packets of seed that he mails to
> you. The seeds get inspected by USDA government workers and then are sent
> on to your designated address.
>
> If you can grow Arisaema from seed, you can easily do this permit process.
>
> To send in seed from the USA to the exchange, you just need to mail them
> to Eric's address in The Netherlands. THERE IS NO PERMIT REQUIREMENT TO
> SEND YOUR SEEDS TO THE NETHERLANDS FROM THE USA.
>
> Hope we get more participation this year than last with some more donors.
> There are seeds you get from this exchange that are hard to find/
> unavailable as plants from nurseries, at least here in the USA. Some of
> what I am submitting this year (ovale, heterophyllum) are second generation
> plants that grew from seed that I planted in the garden a few years ago.
>
> Charles Hunter
> Smyrna, Georgia
> zone 7
> USA
>
>
> Here is the web link to the small seed lot permit section of USDA- just
> follow the prompts and links: USDA APHIS | Small Lots of Seed
> <https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/permits/plants-and-plant-products-permits/plants-for-planting/ct_smalllots_seed>
>
> USDA APHIS | Small Lots of Seed
>
> <https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/permits/plants-and-plant-products-permits/plants-for-planting/ct_smalllots_seed>
>
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