Re: Growing Seasons
SCHAFFCM@SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU wrote:
>
> Question: Why is the possession of water hyacinth and water lettuce prohibited
> in Texas?? ((this is not a trick question))I'm looking at Lilypons catalog..
>
> It's a federal law that these two cannot be shipped interstate, also.
> anyboody know why?????
I would imagine it is because if it gets into an environment that it likes (like in
California waterways) and has no natural controls (like in California waterways), it goes
berserk and clogs up everything (like in California waterways) then you have to spray it
with some obnoxious chemical....and so forth.
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John Jones, Fremont CA, jijones@ix.netcom.com, USDA zone 8