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Hudsonville, Michigan (michiganpumpkins@sbcglobal.net)

FYI, I just received a bubbler unscathed by customs from Ontario. Hopefully this is a good sign for seed trades over the border this year. Anybody having any troubles yet?

12/3/2005 12:55:38 PM

Netherlands

Some of my seeds made it from the Netherlands to the States.

12/3/2005 1:05:12 PM

Springfield, VT

I received one from France Wednesday with seeds.

12/3/2005 1:32:54 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

My seeds made it to Canada ok !

12/3/2005 6:35:31 PM

Dorval,Quebec

I received three packs from the U.S.,one with a customs declaration,all intact.

12/3/2005 7:14:50 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

I received a large box of seeds that went through the leagl phytosanitary process from Canada this week. About one third of the envelopes had been opened for inspection but everything was neatly reassembled. Well...pretty neat. At least the inspectors made an effort.

12/3/2005 8:55:53 PM

Canada

I'm hopeing everything is allright as ive got some seeds comeing from the us into canada as well

Dave

12/3/2005 11:53:17 PM

Follansbee, Wv

I received seeds from France yesterday.

12/4/2005 7:15:47 AM

Berlin,mi.(zuhlke2@hotmail.com)

So far my seeds have made it to Germany and the Netherlands but I have not received any from out of the country.

12/4/2005 8:42:57 AM

Itzetown City

Steve, due to your name and adress I think letters from Germany did'nt go to US but the postman is searching you in Berlin. lol

12/4/2005 9:00:57 AM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

Sent 1 to Martin in germany and never got there but everything else has that I can track so far.

12/4/2005 10:06:37 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

hmmm...... same here, france, italy others in germany, poland, and the netherlands arrived fine.

12/4/2005 11:47:57 AM

Butler, Ohio

I sent a pack of seeds to a new guy in Poland and he got them fine.

12/4/2005 11:50:32 AM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

Martin just e-mailed me and said it just arrived. I sent it out 9-23 and he just got it. Not good but at least it got there. Everyone else was like 4-7 days over seas.

12/4/2005 12:11:15 PM

ENGLAND

From Post Office in Ontario to my door here in the UK just 4 days. That is quicker than our internal Mail system !! No problems with US or Canadian Customs this time so all is great from here. So Far.

Regards
Mike

12/4/2005 3:17:58 PM

Cologne / Germany

Just to remind you, sending seeds from the US to other countries is NOT the problem. There won´t be an envelope containing seeds being refused to forward to a person in the EU and other countries. The problem is to get seeds from outside the US into the US.
If it works, you have luck. If not, don´t blame the person who tried. The costs of a phyto certificate etc. will make the usual way of sending these "normal" seeds impossible to individual persons - unless you have a good budget to do so. Maybe with that "christmas rush" during the next days, the chances are a little better.

12/4/2005 3:51:27 PM

Itzetown City

Writing on that custom-label "Do not plant - for exhibition only" would that work?

12/4/2005 5:19:10 PM

Eddyz@efirehose.net

The proble is not with the seed itself, as you say Exhibitiob only, it is with what the seed may be carrying, The U.S. government want to make sure no harmful bacteria or spores are catching a lift on the seeds.
The pyto situation sucks, but it is what is needed, so we have to do it. I take several bubble packs of seeds in to be inspected at the same time. The last inspection I had done had well over 75 bubble packs, I requested 3 addresses in the U.S. where they were going to.
From there the gentlemen at the receiving end will mail the bubbles out to the U.S. growers. All three pyto's cost $5.00 each and a one time inspection fee of $7.00. So for $22.00 I was able to send, as I said well over 75 bubble packs to the U.S. safely, and for an Extra 30 cents a bubble pack, which is quite resonable
So it really is not that expensive, and now that I've done this for 3 years now, it is quite easy(still sucks). It gets expensive if you do only 1 bubble.

12/4/2005 5:57:16 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

Eddy,
Thanks for the explanation. You should be commended for your compliance with the law, and your extra care in making sure the seeds get where they are going.

12/4/2005 10:08:43 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Eddy,

The seeds got here too! Your note to the inspectors paid off. They weren't as neat as WE would have made them but the inspectors clearly respected your wishes & did a good job with repackaging.

Steve

12/4/2005 10:19:21 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

I've sent a few packs from Canada to the USA so far and have had no issues. I sent one to Duster in California and one just recently to pumpkinpal2 (good ole Eric) in New York. They seem to be slipping through just fine.

Glenn

12/5/2005 4:04:46 PM

Itzetown City

Received a bubble today from the US. On the declaration was written "Decoration". And now? I would plant this seeds. lol

12/5/2005 7:24:07 PM

Syracuse, NY

good ole Eric got his (!) seeds just fine-like, yo he happy!

12/6/2005 12:37:37 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Just got a letter from US CUSTOMS, the sent back my bubble from Jake VanKooten for lack of Phyto, it does say sent back to origin.
Bummer
Tom

12/6/2005 2:39:18 PM

London, Ohio

got a empty pack with a nice note from customs that the seeds were destroyed today . first time it happened to me so far hopefully its the last
dan

12/10/2005 2:57:01 PM

Berlin,mi.(zuhlke2@hotmail.com)

just got a bubble from owen and it had a note that the seeds were destoyed for lack of phyto. cert.

12/10/2005 5:28:48 PM