Weird story, so about 9 years ago we sold our house to a family member, who rented it out. Those renters reached out to them and said that we got a package. We still live in the area so I went and got it from them.
We have no idea what this is, or who sent it. When I search that sku I can’t find much except an article about how Americans are getting sent seeds from China, the return address is from Equatorial Guinea. But even if they are seeds, what are they? Also why?
What you got Lemmy? Maybe put a sarcasm tag on your response if you have a humorous thought. But I really want to know. Google lens thinks they are bugs.
Yep, those are seeds.
Why you got them? The leading theory from a few years ago was sellers getting fake positive reviews on their products by creating alternate accounts, “buying” the product and to fulfill the shipping status just sending some random leaked address a bag of the lightest, most cheap product they could send, just so platforms like AliExpress had an actual transaction completed allowing the review to be posted.
Do not plant foreign seeds or discard them incorrectly. You have no idea what that species is, and you do not want to be the one introducing a new invasive species to your local biome.
Do not plant foreign seeds or discard them incorrectly. You have no idea what that species is, and you do not want to be the one introducing a new invasive species to your local biome
I’ve been meaning to rewatch this for a while now. Does it still hold up well?
The image isn’t loading for me. What movie/show?
Little Shop of Horrors
Tom Cruise
Little Shop of Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise.
Fucking awesome. and a while back they finally put out a directors cut with the original ending that, for the longest time, you could only see in shit quality on youtube. Just saw that version a few weeks ago actually.
For the curious, here’s a really nice podcast episode on the subject: https://underunderstood.com/podcast/episode/closing-the-loop-on-chinas-mystery-seeds/
Yeah, burn it.
Cooking them relatively briefly would probably take care of it.
The label is in Chinese (simplified characters common in China) and translates as “100 rainbow chrysanthemum seeds”. I have no idea whether the contents are what the label claims.
My other half gets identical packages arrive all the time, looks about right for chrysanthemum seeds
Yeah, but that’s the boring answer.
It’s just code for “dark matter from Temu”
It’s a brushing scam. You’re now going to find that somewhere online, you have left wonderful reviews for their products.
You ought to love humanity. “We are shipping flower seeds halfway across the globe so we have at least some legitimacy to make an online rating marginally better”
Those little pip things on new tires, you gotta glue them on individually!
cilia
They help the tires move phlegm from the inner to the outer treads.
100 rainbow Chrysanthemum seeds
There is a kind called “Livingstone Daisy” we just translate it to rainbow😂
Might as well plant them then!
I’m quite surprised it wasn’t seized by customs with how blatantly obviously it contains seeds
Small enough to not get randomly selected for inspection. Too many packages to open and inspect them all; so stuff slips through.
I doubt they declared it as seeds on import.
Yeah, np, OP that says these are 彩虹菊花种子.
You’re now a mod of r/Beijing
Maybe I can reverse my own ban…
You’ve been permanently banned from participating r/Beijing.
It says 100 Rainbow Chrysanthemum Seeds
Well this is clearly the answer… 😁
All thanks to google translate. My work here is done
This is what’s called a Brushing Scam.
Holy shit there’s really an USPIS??
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to get a muff with some bloobs.
“Nine-nine!”
Rainbow chrysanthemum flower seeds
According to google translate + OCR on the label.
Trusting labels on mystery seeds is…
Unwise.
Especially as others have noted that this is some weird Chinese algorithm rigging/scam/plot to destroy America?
I don’t think we need any help destroying America as congress is doing a fine job from within, and he could plant these in an isolated pot and see what comes out.
They are most likely seeds. Whatever you do, DON’T plant them. If you’re in the USA, contact someone from your state’s Agricultural Department.
Could you also just like Burn them or something
Unless they are fire type, in which case you might make things worse.
For a moment I thought it was a pokemon joke, then I realised it’s an actual legit concern.
It was a pokemon joke. But now you mention it, there are plants whose seeds can only grow after a forest fire!
You all are awesome. What’s the best way to dispose of them?
Send them to someone random
Make it someone else’s problem, I like it.
Fire.
Trash should be fine. They aren’t going to enjoy the soil at the dump.
Plant them
Do not plant them. You have no idea what the seeds are. The label means nothing. Could be an invasive species.
Burn them.
Could also be something cool, like sentient fly traps.
The label actually says what they are and they are benign. If you don’t speak the language, why would you say “it doesn’t say anything”?
Back when this first started several years ago a number of the seed packs were found to be mislabeled.
So while it is labeled, OP can have nearly zero confidence that it’s the correct label.
Feed me Seymour!
Plant them in the ground so their forms mature
