[Arisaema-l] seed import requirements for USA citizens

[robyn82hn at charter.net]

 I tried several years ago but never got a response to the USDA. NO
stickers either. I can grow but I can't make offices response
appropriately. No seeds formed this year due to heat and drought. I
did not get to water when the plants needed it to make seeds. Maybe
next year.Nancy

	----------------------------------------- From: "Paul H Schneider" 
 To: "2csh", "Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and
other hardy Aroids"
 Cc: 
 Sent: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 16:29:09 -0500
 Subject: Re: [Arisaema-l] seed import requirements for USA citizens

   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  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 [2]
  

USDA APHIS | SMALL LOTS OF SEED

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[1] mailto:2csh at bellsouth.net
[2]
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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