Has any Aussies had any joy getting seed's into Australia

metromix · December 26, 2014

Last year I tried to bring a packet of seeds into Sydney declared them at quarantine because they did not have the botanical name on the packet they were taken off me. About 10 years ago I declared several packets of chilli seeds with no problem, have the rules changed next time I come in by plane I my consider not decaling them
Has any body successfully had seeds mailed to them if so what is the trick I don't want to go to the expense of paying for the seeds and postage only to have quarantine take them from me.

Sydney Grower · December 26, 2014

I did it accidently last Christmas when I was very new to op tomatoes. I put some Christmas money into one of Tom Wagner's sites and ordered a collection. I then joined Tville and realised I had probably lost that money. Then I started wondering if I could ethically plant them if they accidently got through. I decided I ethically couldn't. About 4 weeks later the pack got through and even more surprisingly my ethical dilemma was resolved by a sticker on the opened envelope which read "opened by Australia Post for checking by customs".

I'm growing them out this summer and will make a seed offer on Ozgrow.

Carl

December 26, 2014	#1
metromix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: sydney australia Posts: 7	Has any Aussies had any joy getting seed's into Australia Last year I tried to bring a packet of seeds into Sydney declared them at quarantine because they did not have the botanical name on the packet they were taken off me. About 10 years ago I declared several packets of chilli seeds with no problem, have the rules changed next time I come in by plane I my consider not decaling them Has any body successfully had seeds mailed to them if so what is the trick I don't want to go to the expense of paying for the seeds and postage only to have quarantine take them from me.

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December 26, 2014	#2
Sydney Grower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 122	I did it accidently last Christmas when I was very new to op tomatoes. I put some Christmas money into one of Tom Wagner's sites and ordered a collection. I then joined Tville and realised I had probably lost that money. Then I started wondering if I could ethically plant them if they accidently got through. I decided I ethically couldn't. About 4 weeks later the pack got through and even more surprisingly my ethical dilemma was resolved by a sticker on the opened envelope which read "opened by Australia Post for checking by customs". I'm growing them out this summer and will make a seed offer on Ozgrow. Carl