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Essjay001 wrote:
Warwick scribbled:

While in Japan on holiday in October, I wandered under some of the
micer looking Acers and picked up seeds.

These have been subjected to the British winter as experienced by a
seed sitting in a car glove compartment since.

I'm thinking that it'll be soon time to subject them to the warmer
climes of the greenhouse.

Any suggestions?

Yes burn them it is not clever and probably illegal to plant non native
species that have not been properly certified. You have no idea if they are
disease free, you could be planting a time bomb. Remember a time whem this
country was covered in Elm Trees!

Did you ask the owners if you could take them if not you could be guilty of
theft!

Oh, nonsense!

As with almost all such diseases, Dutch elm disease was introduced
by the COMMERCIAL import of logs, largely because the phytosanitary
regulations that are used to hassle private individuals are not
applied to the commercial import of goods for non horticultural
purposes.

Secondly, introducing diseases by means of seeds is VERY rare, and
it is more likely that you will do so by the mud on your shoes.
Are you saying that all clothing should be burnt on leaving a country,
and all air passengers should travel naked? It makes sense ....

And, lastly, your sort of attitude is enough to convert me to the
viewpoint of the "Property is theft" brigade. In most countries,
such actions are NOT theft or have only recently been made so by
stealing the rights from the public.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
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