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Bonsai nare-do-well
Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Summerville SC
Country: USA
Posts: 4,653
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Originally Posted by rockm
And Chinese elm has been a proven source of Asian longhorn beetle.
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It has been many years since it has been legal to import any elm into the US. Importers of bonsai got around that by re-classifying them as zelcovia.
There have been quarantine restrictions on almost all trees use as bonsai for many years. Mostly ignored by the importers and the USDA as well.
The problem was brought upon them by themselves. (the importers)
At one time I was one of the importers. (still am , just not trees ) I was just smart enough to get out of it a few years ago when the restrictions were finally being enforced.
The pre and post quarantine precedes are really nothing new. We have known that they were coming since the 1990's.
If in 1005 you are in trouble with imports then you have screwed up. You just put your head in the sand and hoped it would go away.
Guess I'll get grief over these comments. But they will still be true when the dust settles.
I feel sorry for those that are now in trouble but I can't say that they got a raw deal. They just weren't looking ahead. Pity |