Damn, David, you beat me to it! 😂 Just shows how ignorant these self proclaimed experts are on basic garden vegetables. Smh. Greetings from me and my pumpkins in Scotland!
Tell us you are naive to invasive species and how much damage they can cause Look up "Stalins Revenge" or otherwise known as the Giant Russian Hogweed. It geiws super fast beating other plants to the sunlight, is toxic so it can only be cut by people 100% protected by chemical exposre suits and has already ruined like 30% of russian farmland because the o ly way to get rid of it is burning it and the topsoil because it has just ridiculous amounts of seeds. It was bred by soviets as a potential source for cow food but made milk undrinkable and some.say its the primary reason Ukraine was invaded for the farmland. Russia is tryi f to surpress the info but its endemic there.
“Some kind” of isn’t an identification. There have have been quite a few ecological problems caused by the importation of otherwise harmless species. An invasive species of ‘some kind of squash’ squash could end up in the wild and choke out native plant life. There are many ecological battles going on in many countries because of this type of thing today
It's a type of Benincasa hispida (the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin) a typical plant used in Asian cuisine. They are not invasive in the least. And these people call themselves specialists. These are grown across Southeast Asia, and even in Southern Florida in the US.
@@dogebanzai456 …. You’re kidding right? The importation of seeds isn’t the issue here. Seed importation is a normal activity. You just have to get permits to ensure that what think getting is what you’re getting. And that it is well understood. These random seed packets contained a variety of seeds. This video is part of a wider series of events that could have been a very clever and legitimate attack by the Chinese Government. From the comments here, it seems that if it were an attack it would have been a rousing success. The RU-vid experts would say oh it’s just x. Plant it. And then the mission would have been accomplished.
These are Bottle Goards. As a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, bottle gourd contains toxic tetracyclic triterpenoid compounds called cucurbitacins which are responsible for the bitter taste and toxicity. There is no known antidote for this toxicity, and clinicians treat such patients symptomatically only
These are vegetable marrow. We used to grow them when I was a kid. They are delicious and if you dry and toast the seeds, they're very similar to pumpkin seeds.
Are pumpkin seeds, not just similar, and can roast it, but don’t let them use in movie theaters because it’s making pretty loud sounds if cracked open with tooth!!!
We had this is the UK too, best explanation was that they were fake transactions using tracking delivery data for higher placement on Amazon searches. They send you unsolicited seeds, as though you ordered them, and a review for a different higher value product appears, the review appears genuine because an item has been "sold" (shipped) to a real person at a real address. They only need a name and address. It doesn't have to be seeds, it can be any old cheap to send crap. (look up "brushing scam").
Дед в Америке: посадил кабачок Министерство сельского хозяйства: изъяло кабачок для исследований . . . . . . . . . . . Да, я знаю про инвазивные виды, но ситуация все равно забавная
This is known as the brushing scam. Online Sellers send out random packages to make it say that they have sent out lots of orders, to make their rating go higher.
@@classy.clarke You nailed it dude it's exactly what they are doing. They send to Australia for the same reason but only a few got through our customs which is tight AF. What I find more incredible is 1, dipshits in USA cant even identify a Genus let alone a species & 2. how piss poor US customs must be. If they can send seeds they can easy send anthrax or worse. 🙄
But who controls if they have sent out the orders? Couldn't they just make up the numbers they have sent? Because if a random person received a package, wouldn't that person have to go on the website and do the rating manually, and if they hadn't ordered something why would they rate the website?
I feel like we're not getting the full story here. The authorities are showing great concern but provide no information that warrants that level of concern, especially considering the u.s haphazard use of GM crops. I wonder if people in china get mystery seeds sent to them from the u.s. The old guy put a smile on my face though. The curiosity to see what it was, and the delight at how well it grew.
Well, especially if the seeds carry invasive _pests,_ that could be very bad. Witness the emerald elm beetle, which *came from frickin Asia* is destroying American elm trees. China has global aspirations; why not just starve us, rather than fight us? 🤔
They literally said invasive weeds, plant diseases or insects..... Gm crops are the lease of your concern when there are plenty of other invasive species that will quite literally take over your yard. Educate yourself before responding....
As a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, bottle gourd contains toxic tetracyclic triterpenoid compounds called cucurbitacins which are responsible for the bitter taste and toxicity. There is no known antidote for this toxicity, and clinicians treat such patients symptomatically only
From the same article 😂 "The plant is not normally toxic when eaten. The excessively bitter (and toxic) gourds are due to improper storage (temperature swings or high temperature) and over-ripening." You have to read the whole section to know what it means. Stop jumping to conclusions. Read and understand something before copying it.
I'm no expert but I could easily tell it's pumpkin/squash. I'm living in South America and we grow them in the backyard. The squash is as large as a bucket and we often give them to our neighbours when we have surplus.
This was "probable" -> whoever was shipping the seeds out was doing so to make it seem like they were shipping packages of that specific weight. Seeds were used because they are easy to get and easy to scale out to any weight. Whoever shipped these seeds out was shipping them to cover for the fact that they are gaining huge amounts of money illegally. They are shipping them out to pretend this is the product that they have received payment for. The seeds are just normal seeds probably. It's money laundering.
"Winter melon, known as “dong gua” in Cantonese, is actually a fruit (similar to watermelon) but eaten as a vegetable like squash. Originating from Southern China, it’s popular in a lot of Southeast Asian cuisine like Vietnamese and Filipino." Identify...then decide....easy!
For all the people here in the comments saying things like, _"how_ _is_ _it_ _that_ _our_ _'best_ _agricultural_ _experts'_ _can_ _not_ _identify_ _these?"_ and _"Just_ _shows_ _how_ _ignorant_ _these_ _self_ _proclaimed_ _experts_ _are_ _on_ _basic_ _garden_ _vegetables."_ Your idea of identification, is not the same as theirs. When you look at a potato in the supermarket, do you know exactly how that potato has been genetically modified, just by looking at it? You know what diseases it carries, just by looking at it, no matter what the disease? You FULLY understand the genetics of both the plant and any disease it carries, just by looking at it?
The message in this video could simply be carried in a different way. Instead of saying “we have no idea what these mystery seeds are”, they could say it looks like squash or pumpkin seeds, but it can be an invasive species or carry diseases/pests. I think more people would get the idea then, instead of thinking that these experts are idiots.
Just white Opo Squash. People freaking out thinking they are evasive. Give me a break. They also sent out other vegetable seeds. None I recieved where evasive. From mini white baby bear sunflowers to squash and tear drop egg plant. To green pumpkin seeds.
Meanwhile in China, two stoner teenagers on a couch.: dude, let's send seeds to the world so we can say that we spread our seeds in the US and Australia.
@@alyare just for you because you seem a bit dense: it's a joke. 😁 Why do you hate on stoners? They don't do any harm and the fact that the prc will ruin their lives for smoking is rather sad. 1. Humor has no rules, is highly individual and free. It's telling that only oppressive regimes regulate humor while it is a sign of a free society to tell jokes and laugh about everything. 2. I have no clue how you got the impression that I hate a group of people just by telling a joke. If you really think so you better never visit my country for we make jokes about pretty much everything.
I order thousands of dollars of jewelry and accessories and clothing and Never received any seeds. If I did I would have reported them too. That’s why we have customs to inspect what can safely be brought to our country.
He says he kept feeding it, probably why it grew so well. I would assume this is review inflating, or an error. Also, they just said they were being overcautious in taking them.
Looks like a squash called "dong qua" that my grandmother used to grow. Melons up to the size of a fat person's thigh mostly eaten in soups. But yes, something fishy about receiving unknown seeds that you did not order.
Yeah, got an uncle in law that grows this and Asian cilantro. Weird about the seeds coming in the mail unsolicited. I wonder if these could be a GMO version of it? Seeds from plants bred to do something else specifically. That would be one interesting take on bioterrorism.
Isn’t it amazing, they have people fearing vegetables…. Sooooo invasive. Like that squash plant was going to cross pollinate and bring about the end of squash in the US. My favorite part was the pest worry, like Chinese pests are going to cross the ocean to come to these plants.
OMGODdess!!! It is depressing, and I'm starting to see that it does affect so many people, this new school Massacre is suspected that even he may have been brought to such despair to decide on murdering all those children. It seems people are just glossing over this as a root cause. I'm seeing that he is the second 18year old, and you would think that they would be excited and awe inspiring to begin their futures, not contemplating murdering innocent people. The mental illness in this country is off the charts.
From the appearance of the seeds to the stalk of the leaves and vine style stems, yellow flowers and fruits, this does looks to me like a species of tropical pumpkin.
Thank you Diana. I believe its Dong Gua, very tasty in soups and other Chinese food. Grows exactly like squash you can even incorporate it in the Three Sisters Garden method. It doesn't spread fast like most squash and I would not find it a threat to native species.
LIES LIES....... Although I am NOT defending China or ANYONE. The "World" is a GLOBE, and we go round and around. How do you think "CORONA VIRUS" travel? Man, stupid people at their best !!!!
Yeah, this is hilarious. Can't imagine a squash being an invasive species. I've done alright growing them in my garden, but if they're calling this an invasive species, it must grow better than the ones I've been growing. LOL.
@Derek Bartlett no you are the one who is ignorant... did you know different states have different laws on what you are allowed to grow? for example growing anything the genus ribes is illegal, this includes currants and gooseberries is not legal to grow in north carolina for example. reason being diseases. when you travel from state to state, when you cross the border you will be asked questions sometimes, do you know what one of those questions is? "are you carrying any fruit" they ask this because every state has its own laws and regulations regarding things like this
LOL - Yeah! This is the Federal Government. Chances are probably one guy in the entire Agency has an idea of what the seeds look like, everyone one is a pencil pusher and couldn't tell you the difference between a Pine tree and Oak tree.
Just pumpkins, and a random act, in a time when the CCP is ramping up actions to softly undermine and take over king pin position as world authoritarian.
Yeah, sure. This mysterious, mystical plant is called the squash that is frequently eaten in soup by Asians. They are very healthy! Very mystical! LOL!
At this writing I'm still not aware of who in China sent the seeds and why. No covering notes on the packages? No backtracing to place of origin? No followup (this and other videos on the matter are a year old at this writing)?
Yeah I ordered $50 worth of organic seeds off Amazon and only 2 packages were from the USA. I was not able to get a refund and tossed every package from China. We still don't know and it is planting season again.....no follow up at all. That is where we are with journalism today....it's as dead as the seeds I had to toss.
Are these people really experts?????? This is a white winter melon species called kundol. I had them in my garden . Very delicious. They are mainly used for making candies
They came from a famous lab in Wuhan. Dr "Little Tony" Fauci helped develop these seeds. He wanted to make some..."White Zucchini Parmigiana." Said he always hated the purple skin of real eggplant.....He is a racist.
Yes Bill it looks like Dong Gua, my dad plants them in our yard. Its vegetable and leaves look like an oblong squash. I always thought it resembled a giant white carrot.
LIES LIES....... Although I am NOT defending China or ANYONE. The "World" is a GLOBE, and we go round and around. How do you think "CORONA VIRUS" travel? Man, stupid people at their best !!!!
Buckthorn is a very nice looking plant. Until it’s 3 inch thorns jab your skin, or it takes over your meadow. We’ve been fighting this invasive for years. It was brought over from another country because of its fast growing, bushy green growth.
They looked harmless until they killed all the bees in China and ruin the soil by killing off all the beneficial bacteria need for our survival and spread toxic pollen that makes people severely sick! We have to stop being so Ignorant.
Looks like a Chinese Winter Squash to me? Don't know why it had to be studied but uh yea. A variety of Asian squash that is popular in China and Japan, as well as many other countries. It is typically a larger variety squash that has a waxy dark green speckled skin that contains tiny prickly hairs. The outer skin covers a white firm inner flesh.
*thats a pumpkin seed. Asian people grow it all the time here in the U.S.A on their rented land or their land. All seeds are invasive and this is fact because birds will scatter those seeds all around the state/country.*
Those GMO seeds are labeled. These seeds have no name, no instructions, no provenance. And you think it's safer to plant those than GMO seeds? Isn't one of the main critiques of GMO seeds that we don't know enough about them?
@@stoverboo .. heirloom seed trade have original strains and crossbread strains of non GMO seed that they trade and pass around. and a good botanist should know his seed.
how do you know the free seeds weren't GMO or sprayed with pesticide? or grown in horribly polluted soil that kills them? just look at the environmental problems beijing has in the name of made in china cheap plastic crap? also to see why the department of agriculture is concerned, look up "staghorn sumac" and "Japanese knotweed". also look up "cabbage white butterfly" all nasty things for our ecology that came from asia. then there's the possibility for plant diseases. if you want heirloom seeds there are plenty of places to order them, including varieties originally from china raised in the USA.
In India (West Bengal) we call it ''LAU'' its "Bottle Gourd/Winter Melon" vegetable, we make curry 🥘 with it and also deep fry the flower 🌸dipped in batter.
@Mr. Cool I am an Indian, but ur take on Indians in general is perfectly spot on lol. Part of the reason for us being like this is the sheer size and number of different provinces there, while each of them having a separate language + different cuisine + different cultural practises + so many different religions and appearances. But i find the main reason for ppl hating each other is the language barrier between us. Once Artificial Intelligence perfects Natural Language Translation the world as we know it will be a lot less hateful towards each other. But for all this translation to happen in-real time we of-course need to be micro-chipped and our brains needs to be connected to the cloud. Its Brain Machine Interface (BMI).
Reporter: “They are still trying to identify the seed.” Me a split second later: “It’s a squash.” The leaves get so big, they may just take over the world...or at least cover squash lying on the ground. I can totally see why this is news worthy.
The scientist grew Radish White Daikon a vegetable that is popular in Asia. Lol They actually grow pretty fast. You'd make a lot of money selling Radish White Daikon to the Asian culture. It's really popular in Japan.
Most people who have some knowledge of gardening know that its a type melon, squash or whatever. That's not the point. In China they often use human waste as fertilizer. Just because the seed are "dry". Doesn't mean there are not any parasitic eggs or worms present.
@@DeltaEchoGolf Most nations have their Chinese market gardeners gong back for decades, if not centuries. I can guarantee you that they have mostly used waste products long before packets of fertiliser were produced.
Its NOT just seeds they send from China, They can send little buttons, paper, etc. It has to do with tracking. Usually its a scam to send an item such as seeds in lieu of a customers paid item of more cost. The tracking shows delivered to ZIP code vs actually address number. So when the customer complains, the Chinese seller will not be held responsible since tracking shows a delivery to the same zip code. Since the address differs, the buyer who never received item, never knows that seeds were sent vs the real product. If half of people on the planet used their energy and creative thinking for good vs bad, we could accomplish so much more..... Its just gross.
DAS: No. This is an Amazon scam. The seller harvested the names and addresses of people who shop on Amazon and sent them seeds because as you say they are light weight and cheap to acquire. Then they use the names of the people they sent these seeds to, to make product reviews for the items they are selling. Not so much money laundering, but review manipulation and some fraud.
I have never received any seeds from Chia. If I did I would plant them in pots and see how they turn out. I won’t plant them in the ground simply because it is easier to dispose pots if necessary.
It makes me think of the scandal with Monsanto going after small farmers who planted seeds who's crop had been pollinated by monsanto's patented genetics.
It's starting in the canadian cannabis industry. Canadian seed banks are cutting off breeders who do business over seas and starting to selling seeds from the legal outlets. 1 cannabis seed is worth as much or more than 1 gram of bud, and 1 gram of bud could house like 40 or 50 seeds. So 1 seed is actually worth like 50 times what 1 gram of bud is worth. It's fucking crazy.
@@mikeylorene This is how they get a good feedback on websites like amazon. They need proof that something was shipped and the post office won't just ship empty packages, so they put seeds in because it is cheap. Those seeds were clearly squash seeds and the vine the grew is clearly squash, it might be some Asian variety but it is squash for sure.
@@mikeylorene because our food supply is about to be shut down dumb ass.... people are totally incapable of seeing through this NWO bullshit, they plan on killing 95% of the population.... you think the Chinese can't see through these Globalists plan... look at what has been done to them.... WAKE UP!
They have got nothing new to report . The Coronavirious is/was almost yesterday's news . The US election campaigns is in full swing. And some worm brains come up with vegetables story/news headline . Welcome to the gardeners world.
How are pumpkins deadly? A few years back I got unsolicited seeds sent to me from China. But they were not squash I didn’t recognize them so I threw them away. Always wondered what they were and why is China sending me seeds?
It's to make it look like their company has more buyers than they actually ship. They will use a company credit card and order their own product and then pick an address and a name, which you can get on Google, and ship them and give themselves a good review and what you see when you order from a place like that is 10,000 reviews but only 1,000 people actually buy from the company. Normally when you order from a company like that they take your credit card information and you never get a package. Make sure they use PayPal so you have a chance at getting your money back if you don't receive a package. Pass this on to other people that ask the question you did, it's nothing but a big scam.
Could be a variety specifically developed in China to infect American squash with a blight. We don't know. Planting unknown seeds FROM CHINA in the US is simply stupid.
The Democrats and their fake media collaborators said that China doesn’t pose any danger to anyone. The problem, according to them, is Russia. Who is endangering the population of the world with a virus that turned into a pandemic shutting down the world for months and has come up with another version of bio-terrorism through the export of unsolicited seeds? Clearly, the Democrats and the media are joining hands again with America’s enemies to destroy the world. Nobody should forget their collaboration with the Nazis and later the communists.
JD Nieves 🎃🎃🎃🎃 I guess you've never seen pumpkin seeds before, watch too much sci-fi and have been successfully programmed to anally retentive Standard 14. 🤪😂😂😂
@@billyandrew What you are missing is that just because they look like pumpkin seeds doesn't mean they are. If you randomly received a clear plastic bag of potatoe chips from China, would you eat them because they look like Lays?
heidigib01 you are correct. It is a Chinese winter squash. The usda doesn’t have its hand in the pot so it’s automatically a bad thing. You know the government MUST regulate and make money off every
It sounds like he received someone's wish app order. I ordered succulent seeds and the package they came in said jewelry on the description label. I had bought some jewelry in that order but only the seeds were in that package.
here in my country we have a popular snack made of pumpkin seeds and it's super tasty. it's enjoyable to eat since you need to crack it open first before you get the actual seed.
Where I live we once had a serious problem with screw-worms they would kill livestock and wildlife. Then to counter this epidemic thousands of the fly that produce screw-worm were released all over the state. Only all of those released were male who's offspring wouldn't reach maturity. I haven't seen or heard of a screw-worm in over 20 years. A small manipulation in the nature of a living thing can render the future of that organism quite hopeless.
So this showed up in the watch list. Calm down USDA....it's a wintermelon or wax gourd from Asia. Peel it like a potato, cut it open, scoop out the seeds, cut it in squares, get a pot or slow cooker, put it in water, throw some beef (whatever kind) in there with onions, garlic, carrots, celery, etc. make a stew. It'll absorb your stock flavor. It's basically a zucchini. (look at the leaves and flowers). Make sure you trim it or else it'll crawl all over...and watch the plant tiny spikes.
Invasive plants, even though they look innocent, lol, can cause a LOT of damage to crops, waterways, and local species. It happened to Hawaii (invasive animals & plants), and California (a plant was sucking up water in all local rivers and irrigation areas and cost the taxpayers millions of dollars to erradicate the plants.) Not to be taken lightly.
@@Sardit But when those plants go to seeds, those seeds get scattered. My neighbor across the street had a garden in her backyard and I had the same chili pequin plantes coming up in my backyard, most likely spread by birds. A coworker gave me some red salvia that she had dug up and I planted several clumps over 30 years ago and watched as it reseeded further and further away from my house as it sprouted in others flower beds and vacant lots. After 30+ years I am still fighting invasive Johnson grass that had been in my 2 year old house so plants even in pots or not on your property can spread without effort on your part.
Rite, what's so hard about understanding that, and he's so proud of his plant. Don't be surprised id he start growing extra things on his body and spewing all kinds of gunk just because he was curious, could have put the whole nation in jeopardy.
Like bamboo. A buddy of mine was telling me when he was young his mom decided to plant some bamboo in their backyard and he said the roots took over everything and strangled all the other plants in their yard off and the bamboo grew everywhere.
@@Sardit How do you know? Can you tell the exact species and variant just by looking at the seeds? What about whether they've been genetically modified? Plants release pollen, you meαtheαd.
You get a pkg of seeds, marked stud earrings, that you didn't order from a country that just brought the world CoV-2. What do you do? Open the package, plant the seeds... and fertilize them. How do you explain that decision?
I'm getting in touch with every regulatory agency I can think of. Sounds like a lot of folks here, have the curiosity level of cat, with as much discretionary thought. "Wonder what this is? Let's just plant it and see..." Why we're doomed.
I planted the seeds about a decade ago, and they produced this weird 100 foot tall pine tree on my property. If you want to cut it down, I'm cool with it.
LIES LIES....... Although I am NOT defending China or ANYONE. The "World" is a GLOBE, and we go round and around. How do you think "CORONA VIRUS" travel? Man, stupid people at their best !!!!
Even if there was nothing wrong with the seeds I will not plant them. Because I have started a permanent boycott of ANYTHING coming from china for reasons known to all. AND YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME
At this time, we don’t have any evidence indicating this is something other than a “brushing scam” where people receive unsolicited items from a seller who then posts false customer reviews to boost sales. USDA is currently collecting seed packages from recipients and will test their contents and determine if they contain anything that could be of concern to U.S. agriculture or the environment
It is, but it may cause problems to other cultures or stuff you don't know. Should be used with extreme care. We have several invasive plants and animals that are now almost impossible to eradicate, and new disease destroying crops.
These plants could cause regular plants to not pollinate, which could destroy all our crops which means our food supply would stop. China is up to some bad crap and I would not trust a thing from there anymore. DO NOT PLANT THE SEEDS - do you want to eventually go hungry?
how old are you? do mommy and daddy know you are using youtube? apparently you have no idea how destructive invasive foreign animals and plants can be. there are laws against bringing some plants, some fruit, some animals and yes even some seeds into 1st world countries which make the laws because they are aware of how detrimental to the environment and ecosystem that sort of thing can be.
@@nowvoyagerNE I've never seen an invasive squash before, much less one that can make it through the winter. But if what you suspect is true, maybe we can end world hunger with it.
@@shubhamanand6640 LOL no we understand perfectly well. We have just not decided to concern ourselves with absolutely useless endeavors involving a random people on the internet and the comments they made on RU-vid.
Don't fool with your self, even if such test existed and the results were that the seeds are perfectly fine - you will not be hearing about that on national TV, it just don't fit the scam-demic fear mongering narrative
Test them Bonnie. Test them. With that size guards. Who knows ...... Could the chinese be sending bombs that grow bigger and bigger until they explode and decimate your yard.
Marie joy-less....gives the goobermint a reason to keep genetically modified non-native plant species out of our mainland. They could be harmful. I.E. the emerald ash borer imported from china in wood shipping pallets currently destroying the ash trees across the upper midwest.
