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relocating to California
Hello,
My husband and I are relocating to California from Texas, and we are getting contradictory information about whether or which plants we can take with us. My understanding is that you can take houseplants that have not spent time outdoors or at least don't have any critters like fire ants in them. Does anyone have experience with the border check point and what the procedure is? I don't want to bring a bunch of plants and then have them thrown out at the border, I'd rather give them away. Thanks for your help! until soon, Hope |
relocating to California
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Hope Munro Smith wrote: My husband and I are relocating to California from Texas, and we are getting contradictory information about whether or which plants we can take with us. Hope, the California Dept. of Food and Agriculture has a web site about their Pest Exclusion Branch. I see links from their home page to specific pages about bringing house plants into California and about the fire ant problem. http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/pe/ Patty |
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(Patty Winter) wrote in
: In article , Hope Munro Smith wrote: My husband and I are relocating to California from Texas, and we are getting contradictory information about whether or which plants we can take with us. Hope, the California Dept. of Food and Agriculture has a web site about their Pest Exclusion Branch. I see links from their home page to specific pages about bringing house plants into California and about the fire ant problem. http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/pe/ Patty Ok, it seems like you can bring the ones that have not been outside or at least not where fire ants or other critters might have set up housekeeping: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/pe/faq_hse_plnts.htm |
relocating to California
On 23 Jul 2003 20:42:11 GMT, (Frankhartx) wrote:
From: Hope Munro Smith Newsgroups: rec.gardens Does anyone have experience with the border check point and what the procedure is? I don't want to bring a bunch of plants and then have them thrown out at the border, I'd rather give them away. Thanks for Border check point? Is California now another country? If it has border check points then it ought to be.. You bet they do. I moved from Ohio to California. They ask if you have any plants or fruit in the vehicle. The purpose is to protect the plants in California where much of out fruits and vegetables are grown. Insects do get into California anyway, often at the airport, then they had "spray days" where you need to cover and protect your car's finish and stay inside if you want to avoid the insecticide. |
relocating to California
I have driven to LA a couple of times.
I can guaran-d__n-tee you, on I-10, they have STOP Signs at the border to California! Permanent signs...looks like toll booths....but they don't want your money...just your plants...Stop signs on the highway! We stopped, the fella asked if we had any fruits or vegetables, we looked at him funny and said, 'No!?!?!?' He said, 'Ok' and we drove on. About as weird as getting stopped at a border guard temporary check-point this side of El Paso coming home and being asked if everyone in the car was from the US! Anyway, they will definately ask and they will definately throw them on a pile of potted plants on the side of the road. That said, I've never taken plants in so I wouldn't know how to get them past the border. Maybe a phytosanitation certificate from a local grower? John "Hope Munro Smith" wrote in message . 83... (Frankhartx) wrote in : From: Hope Munro Smith Newsgroups: rec.gardens Does anyone have experience with the border check point and what the procedure is? I don't want to bring a bunch of plants and then have them thrown out at the border, I'd rather give them away. Thanks for Border check point? Is California now another country? If it has border check points then it ought to be.. They do indeed have check points: BORDER STATION INSPECTIONS Vidal Border StationAgricultural inspections on all private and commercial vehicles are conducted at sixteen border inspection stations located on major highways throughout the State (six at the Oregon border, five at the Nevada border, and five at the Arizona/Mexico border). More than 33.5 million vehicles were monitored at the California border agricultural inspection stations in the 2000 calendar year, including 24.5 million automobiles, 6.5 million commercial trucks, more than 706 thousand recreational vehicles, and more than 40 thousand commercial buses. These figures represent an eight percent increase from the previous year. There were over 70 thousand lots of prohibited plant material intercepted at the border inspection stations. These lots were infested with plant pests and/or were not properly certified for entry into California. More than 5 thousand samples of suspected pests were submitted by border station staff to the Department's Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch for identification during the year. Serious pest finds in the Year 2000 included gypsy moth, imported fire ant, boll weevil, Mexican fruit fly, zebra mussel, pecan weevil, Japanese beetle, Oriental fruit fly, Mexican fruit fly, European corn borer, burrowing nematode, musk thistle and diffuse knapweed. |
relocating to California
"John T. Jarrett" wrote in
: I have driven to LA a couple of times. I can guaran-d__n-tee you, on I-10, they have STOP Signs at the border to California! Permanent signs...looks like toll booths....but they don't want your money...just your plants...Stop signs on the highway! We stopped, the fella asked if we had any fruits or vegetables, we looked at him funny and said, 'No!?!?!?' He said, 'Ok' and we drove on. About as weird as getting stopped at a border guard temporary check-point this side of El Paso coming home and being asked if everyone in the car was from the US! Anyway, they will definately ask and they will definately throw them on a pile of potted plants on the side of the road. DEFINITELY?! The web site says if they have no pests they can go through. Maybe I should just put them inside the trunk before the border crossing and lie to the agent?! That said, I've never taken plants in so I wouldn't know how to get them past the border. Maybe a phytosanitation certificate from a local grower? John I'm going to post to my local gardening group too and find out... |
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Phisherman wrote in
: On 23 Jul 2003 20:42:11 GMT, (Frankhartx) wrote: From: Hope Munro Smith Newsgroups: rec.gardens Does anyone have experience with the border check point and what the procedure is? I don't want to bring a bunch of plants and then have them thrown out at the border, I'd rather give them away. Thanks for Border check point? Is California now another country? If it has border check points then it ought to be.. You bet they do. I moved from Ohio to California. They ask if you have any plants or fruit in the vehicle. The purpose is to protect the plants in California where much of out fruits and vegetables are grown. Insects do get into California anyway, often at the airport, then they had "spray days" where you need to cover and protect your car's finish and stay inside if you want to avoid the insecticide. Did you bring any plants with you? |
relocating to California
I'm going to post to my local gardening group too and find out...
Yeah, that's wise. Don't trust the California Dept of Agriculture website, but see what your buddies in Texas know about California agriculture laws. Do us a favor and stay in Texas, dimwit. - Figmo |
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"Figmo" wrote in
. net: I'm going to post to my local gardening group too and find out... Yeah, that's wise. Don't trust the California Dept of Agriculture website, but see what your buddies in Texas know about California agriculture laws. Do us a favor and stay in Texas, dimwit. - Figmo Gee, you are so sweet! Austin.gardening *has* people who have moved back and forth between here and California. |
relocating to California
Maybe I should just put them inside the trunk before
the border crossing and lie to the agent?! Oh, I wouldn't do that. A random vehicle check would then sure put a crimp in your day. Tracey |
relocating to California
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:41:52 +0000 (UTC), Hope Munro Smith
wrote: Hello, My husband and I are relocating to California from Texas, and we are getting contradictory information about whether or which plants we can take with us. My understanding is that you can take houseplants that have not spent time outdoors or at least don't have any critters like fire ants in them. Does anyone have experience with the border check point and what the procedure is? I don't want to bring a bunch of plants and then have them thrown out at the border, I'd rather give them away. Thanks for your help! until soon, Hope Back in the late 70's they took an apple away from me that i was eating. They took all of my other fruit, too. I cant wait to move back to california from texas. Every year i go home to california and bring back, in my suitcase, aloe and wandering jew. It's wierd to see the wandering jew die and reappear each year. I have tried other plants but they never made it. I was out there last month and bought my mom some of these low to the ground flowering plants with such BRIGHT colors!! You'll have to hit a nursery when you get there to see what i am talking about. Enjoy the weather when you get there! This weather sucks! |
relocating to California
Mail the plants to someone out there and if you dont know anyone, mail
them to someone who can keep them alive until they can ship them to you. Plants survive large ziplocks with a couple of wet paper towels quite well. On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:13:09 -0500, "John T. Jarrett" wrote: I have driven to LA a couple of times. I can guaran-d__n-tee you, on I-10, they have STOP Signs at the border to California! Permanent signs...looks like toll booths....but they don't want your money...just your plants...Stop signs on the highway! We stopped, the fella asked if we had any fruits or vegetables, we looked at him funny and said, 'No!?!?!?' He said, 'Ok' and we drove on. About as weird as getting stopped at a border guard temporary check-point this side of El Paso coming home and being asked if everyone in the car was from the US! Anyway, they will definately ask and they will definately throw them on a pile of potted plants on the side of the road. That said, I've never taken plants in so I wouldn't know how to get them past the border. Maybe a phytosanitation certificate from a local grower? John "Hope Munro Smith" wrote in message .83... (Frankhartx) wrote in : From: Hope Munro Smith Newsgroups: rec.gardens Does anyone have experience with the border check point and what the procedure is? I don't want to bring a bunch of plants and then have them thrown out at the border, I'd rather give them away. Thanks for Border check point? Is California now another country? If it has border check points then it ought to be.. They do indeed have check points: BORDER STATION INSPECTIONS Vidal Border StationAgricultural inspections on all private and commercial vehicles are conducted at sixteen border inspection stations located on major highways throughout the State (six at the Oregon border, five at the Nevada border, and five at the Arizona/Mexico border). More than 33.5 million vehicles were monitored at the California border agricultural inspection stations in the 2000 calendar year, including 24.5 million automobiles, 6.5 million commercial trucks, more than 706 thousand recreational vehicles, and more than 40 thousand commercial buses. These figures represent an eight percent increase from the previous year. There were over 70 thousand lots of prohibited plant material intercepted at the border inspection stations. These lots were infested with plant pests and/or were not properly certified for entry into California. More than 5 thousand samples of suspected pests were submitted by border station staff to the Department's Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch for identification during the year. Serious pest finds in the Year 2000 included gypsy moth, imported fire ant, boll weevil, Mexican fruit fly, zebra mussel, pecan weevil, Japanese beetle, Oriental fruit fly, Mexican fruit fly, European corn borer, burrowing nematode, musk thistle and diffuse knapweed. |
relocating to California
"Hope Munro Smith" wrote in message . 83... Hello, My husband and I are relocating to California from Texas, My condolences.... |
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