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hayu
Lubbock, TX
April 18, 2008
05:22 PM Post #4828408
| Can anyone sale a plant or only professional nurserys? |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 18, 2008
05:49 PM Post #4828515
| From the perspective of the auction site anyone can sell...however the state of Texas may have other thoughts. Each state has their own rules so before you start selling I'd definitely find out if TX has any rules or restrictions (like having to have a nursery license). |
GreenThumbsTN
Chattanooga, TN
(Zone 7b)
April 19, 2008
08:56 AM Post #4830954
| every state and every common carrier (UPS, USPS,etc) in the US requires that plant shipments have an AG Tag. some states are more restrictive (i.e. CA, WA, OR) and require either plants to come from a greenhouse with soil-less potting mix or that all soil (and traces thereof - think sink clean) are removed prior to shipping.
here is a link to individual state requirements:
http://nationalplantboard.org/laws/index.html
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hayu
Lubbock, TX
April 25, 2008
08:16 AM Post #4861515
| Thanks Guys I emailed the agri. control in Texas. I am going to need to move to another state to be able to sale. I still can't figure out how Tex. nurserys can afford to sale on ebay if all their shipments cost $30.00 for an inspection. That is what the National Plant Board charges. |
threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
April 25, 2008
09:55 AM Post #4861931
| They charge the buyer the inspection cost. |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 25, 2008
10:16 AM Post #4862040
| And they probably don't have to pay $30 for every single shipment, most likely they gather up all their shipments for the week and have the inspector look at them at one time. Systems like that are not friendly to people who just want to sell a little bit of stuff once in a while, but for someone who makes their living selling things and has plants going out all the time it's more reasonable. |
azreno
Mesa, AZ
(Zone 9b)
April 26, 2008
09:51 AM Post #4866645
| Just how many of us have received online plant orders in the mail that arrived with an agri stamp on it? I have only once. |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 26, 2008
11:08 AM Post #4866916
| Mine always have stamps, phyto certs, etc, but I order from mail order nurseries not typically individual people on Ebay (even the things I have got from Ebay were from people who ran small nurseries) California's picky about what plants can come in, I think if I ordered something and they realized it was plants and it didn't have the proper stamps and inspections they'd probably throw it out. |
azreno
Mesa, AZ
(Zone 9b)
April 26, 2008
12:11 PM Post #4867119
| I order from mail order, too, and AZ is also very picky, I think AZ and CA are 2 of the most picky, still no stamps on mine. |
MitchF
Lindsay, OK
(Zone 7a)
April 27, 2008
12:40 AM Post #4870020
| It is rare for me to see any stamps on my shipments. |
azreno
Mesa, AZ
(Zone 9b)
April 27, 2008
09:59 AM Post #4870976
| Mitch, I thought you lived in Tx? |
mrsbonnie
Ottawa, IL
(Zone 9a)
April 27, 2008
11:48 AM Post #4871368
| i don't get it, usually you only have physo cert. from other countries, why would you have to have anything like that to sell here in the usa?
mrsbonnie |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 27, 2008
12:02 PM Post #4871417
| No, you need them to ship plants from one state to another as well. Different states have different requirements, and some are stricter than others but I think most of them probably require some sort of phyto certificates. |
mrsbonnie
Ottawa, IL
(Zone 9a)
April 27, 2008
12:38 PM Post #4871551
| i sell on ebay all the time & never had to have anything to ship what i sold.
mrsbonnie |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 27, 2008
01:47 PM Post #4871840
| My guess is you've probably shipped something somewhere that you were supposed to have certificates and you just didn't get caught. I have a feeling for smaller scale operations it's probably not that hard to do things "under the radar" and not get caught most of the time. There may be some states that would accept things from IL without any certificates or inspections, but I guarantee there are states out there that you're supposed to have certificates before you ship there. The trouble is that the onus is on you to understand your state's rules on selling plants, and also the rules of the state you're shipping to on what their requirements are (some need certificates, some may want you to bare-root your plants, etc), but you have to go looking for the rules and most people probably don't bother to do that. And the ag inspectors have bigger fish to fry, so you might be able to fly under the radar for a long time without getting caught (but I'm not sure what the consequences are if they do eventually find out that you've been doing stuff without following the rules.) |
mrsbonnie
Ottawa, IL
(Zone 9a)
April 27, 2008
06:45 PM Post #4873076
| alot of times when i would go to the post office to ship plants from an ebay sale, they would ask what was in the box & i would say a plant,they never offered to look to see if that state had any restrictions & i don't think it's because they were to lazy, but you would think they would as they do when i ship out of the country. i just don't get it.but tommorro i will definately call the post office & find out.
mrsbonnie |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 27, 2008
07:33 PM Post #4873324
| I don't think it's part of the post office's job description to know about (or enforce) rules regarding interstate transport of plants. Your state's ag department would be a much better place to look for the rules. |
MitchF
Lindsay, OK
(Zone 7a)
April 28, 2008
08:30 AM Post #4875889
| I did/ am during the week for the next few weeks to wrap things up - moving North to Oklahoma City back to our families old stomping grounds. |
azreno
Mesa, AZ
(Zone 9b)
April 28, 2008
09:15 AM Post #4876084
| Oh...gonna be some gardening culture shock? |
MitchF
Lindsay, OK
(Zone 7a)
April 29, 2008
08:09 AM Post #4881031
| Just a little - I did a lot of Iris, veggies - no problems there... Natives - no problem there, but my tropicals well those all moved with me and we will see what I will end up doing to get them growing. |
azreno
Mesa, AZ
(Zone 9b)
April 29, 2008
08:11 AM Post #4881044
| Greenhouse time :) |
MitchF
Lindsay, OK
(Zone 7a)
April 29, 2008
08:15 AM Post #4881056
| Got to start saving now - yep that is the way ti looks... dont you just love the way to live with plants for so long we cannot let some go? |
azreno
Mesa, AZ
(Zone 9b)
April 29, 2008
09:28 AM Post #4881386
| I do, it would be very hard for me leave a lot of plants! |
MitchF
Lindsay, OK
(Zone 7a)
April 29, 2008
12:35 PM Post #4882270
| I know... I dug a ton of Musa, Cana, and EEs... why? I just could not leave them. |
azreno
Mesa, AZ
(Zone 9b)
April 29, 2008
12:38 PM Post #4882280
| lol It's a good thing you did, you're never going to find them in OK ;P |
MitchF
Lindsay, OK
(Zone 7a)
April 30, 2008
08:10 AM Post #4886036
| Right? Unless this auction gets up and running and I have the feeling all the plants in the world will be ready for us! |
azreno
Mesa, AZ
(Zone 9b)
April 30, 2008
11:32 AM Post #4886950
| I know, I can't wait! |
