• NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Don’t buy seeds on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, etc - they are so full of scammers that it is impossible to weed out the legitimate sellers from the fake. And if you get fake ones, you may get invasive species that are harmful to the environment around you.

    Most places have some great local sellers. But if you’re buying online I would recommend dedicated places like Canada’s Vesey’s Seeds, West Coast Seeds, or the US’s Prairie Moon

    • Sprinks@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Someone gifted me a bonsai kit off amazon that i cant use because every single seed packet is an invasive plant in my area. Unless the person who gifted it to me looked up every plant type, which is a big ask for them ability-wise, there was no way for them to have known from the product listing.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        20 hours ago

        If you don’t let it propagate or put it in the ground, how is it being invasive hindering you from growing it as a bonsai.
        It’s literally potted and pruned and brought up as a house plant.