Re: mailing seed was: money overseas and seed safety through mail
- Subject: Re: [SG] mailing seed was: money overseas and seed safety through mail
- From: Marge Talt m*@HORT.NET
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 03:34:52 -0500
Kay,
My understanding of the situation is that the PO found it totally
impossible to run all mail through the very expensive scanners they
bought to kill anthrax, so now, only mail going to the government
(i.e. senate, congress, etc.) gets diverted and treated.
So, it is safe, in that regard, to send seeds via the US mail.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Kay Dye <Kdye1@AOL.COM>
> I was wondering, with the heightened security and anthrax scares
what is the
> status of seed viability when mailing? We had a big discussion
about this
> last year, I think, and all were concerned that the new machines
the
> envelopes are scanned with would destroy the seeds. We were
concerned that
> it would put seed companies out of business and severely limit the
ability to
> send seeds through the mail. I take it that this hasn't come to
be?
> Stratified seeds coming from Australia would probably go through
quite a few
> machines.
> Kay Dye
