Over the last few week , peoplearound the worldhave been receive mystery germ in the post from China . Nobody ordered them , nobody wanted them , but nonetheless the mystery come keep come , ordinarily arriving in packet label as jewelry .
Flash forward to multitude all over the US planting the forestall seeds .
" We brought them down here and planted the seeds just to see what would bump , " Doyle Crenshaw , from Booneville , Arkansas told local news network5NewsOnline . They had come in a package label as studded earrings and he was too curious not to set them . " Every two calendar week I ’d total by and put miracle spring up on it and they just started growing like brainsick . "
Some of the plants haveorange flower and longsighted white fruit , which could mean it ’s a squash rackets . So far , there are no signs of the plants attempting to use up people as Internet meme would suggest is next .
Crenshaw is far from alone in his curiosity .
The seeds are a mixed bagful , but so far have been fairly innocuous . An probe by the US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) found that they were pretty ordinary varieties you ’d be able-bodied to buy at a store .
" We have identified 14 different species of seeds , including table mustard , wampum , cockcrow glory , and some herb like mint , salvia , rosemary , lavender , then other seeds like hibiscus and rose , " Osama El - Lissy from the Plant Protection program of USDA ’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Servicesaid in a radio interview . " This is just a subset of the samples we ’ve amass so far . "
You probably still should n’t plant them though , as they could contain pathogen or contaminates , insect could be enshroud within the promotion , or the come themselves could belong to invasive specie . The USDA urged anyone who receives an unasked bag of seeds tocontact their state regulatorand bear onto the software until they are given further education .
As for an account why China seems to be empower the world mysterious seed , so far an on-line scam is the most likely scenario .
" At this time , we do n’t have any evidence indicating this is something other than a ' brush scam ' where citizenry receive unsolicited items from a vendor who then posts false client review to boost sales , " the USDA said in astatement .
Essentially , hoi polloi transport out the packages to random mass and then review the merchandise under a false name on site like Amazon or Etsy . This then boosts their seller evaluation , and their actual products ( probably not seeds ) set out showing up in more people ’s search results while they shop .
