rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Why do they not need to be quarantined?
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Carry-on bag bonsai...
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Possible that they were quarantined in China before being shipped, but without an explanation, who knows.
Also possible this is a phish looking to harvest your ID and bank account info. Who knows, poster has offered little info on his part...
If they were smuggled in baggage, they're contraband and illegal. That shit gives us all a bad name.
So unless there is an explanation, I'd run in the opposite direction...
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AJL
Chumono
Total B...S
Theyre Illegal if there is soil on them. Could be full of non native nematodes fungal diseases and other bugs !
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
You are mistaken if these white pine haven't been at a quarantine station for two years (either in the U.S. or in China).
White pine has to undergo the same quarantine/bare rooting procedure that other plants do. Here's an article on the process...
USDA APHIS | Bringing Bonsai to Washington, DC
www.aphis.usda.gov
Been there, done that but just from Florida.
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
yea but that is within the lower 48 states which is fine for the most part
They are talking about bringing trees into the country from another country which is a whole nother can of worms
Crazy Diamond
Omono
Coconut husk I think its considerate a intert medium not soil, many of the chinese trees imported to europe are in that susbtrate
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Not true in the U.S.
Bonsai imported here have to have soil stripped, roots fumigated and planted in sterile soil. The old soil is destroyed by the quarantine station. Inert has nothing to do with it. That simply means it won't affect roots by leaching out harmful stuff. It doesn't mean sterile, which is what the entire process is aimed at getting to--preventing harmful fungus, bacteria (infections) from entering the U.S. and destroying shit. That happened with Dutch Elm Disease, root anthracnose (which has decimated our native dogwoods), Chestnut blight, citrus greening, etc. Those have all had a dramatic impact on North America. Unreported, unquarantined plant import risks this kind of thing. A shipment of Elm Bonsai imported from Korea in Washington State, for instance, was a direct source of an Asian Longhorn beetle in the Pacific Northwest. Another species of Asian longhorn beetle was found in a maple bonsai in Wisconsin and another shipment of Chinese crape myrtle bonsai to a Georgia nursery.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
All of the bonsai-specific U.S. importing links and procedures are mentioned here:
www.aphis.usda.gov
USDA APHIS | Bringing Bonsai to Washington, DC
www.aphis.usda.gov
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