Man receives mystery seeds in post from China and decides to plant them

I mean, it’s not exactly wild to say that a lot of weird things happened in 2020 and one of them involved people receiving mystery seeds in the post.

While they hadn’t come in exchange for a cow, they instead showed up from China.

And despite the official warning not to, one man decided to plant them and let’s be honest, sometimes curiosity is just too strong to resist.

A whole load of people in the US reported receiving these strange packages of seeds and nobody seemed to know why they were sent or who specifically had posted them.

Doyle Crenshawn, from Arkansas went against the grain – or against the seed – and planted his seeds in his garden before the advice came out against doing so.

It was compared to a squash plant. (5 News)

People were warned not to plant the mystery seeds as officials were worried they could contain invasive species that could potentially pose a risk to the country's flora and fauna.

The bloke told KSFM: "Every two weeks I’d come by and put Miracle-Gro on it, and they just started growing like crazy."

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While experts tried to figure out what exactly it was, the green-fingered American found his seeds grew into white and orange flowers, while some compared it to a squash plant.

Doyle was pretty pleased with the results of his batch as he explained: “The package said it was from China and said ‘studded earrings’ on the outside, and we thought that was a little odd."

It’s reported many of the random packages received from China were labelled as containing jewellery.

The seeds showed up at people's homes. (X/@RyanQuarlesKY)

And the bloke’s satisfaction proved to be short-lived. On 21 August 2020, Mark Stoll of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture (ADA) told KATV that Doyle's plants had been confiscated and burned.

Explaining why people were urged not to plant them, Scott Bray of the ADA said: "Our concern is from an invasive-pest aspect; these seeds could introduce an invasive weed or an invasive insect pest or a plant disease."

But the US Department of Agriculture reckons the seeds might actually have been part of a 'brushing scam' - a ploy in which someone aims to boost their product ratings by sending an inexpensive item to an unwitting person and then posting a fake review on that person's behalf.

A post on Whitehouse Police Department's Facebook warned: "Although not directly dangerous, we would still prefer that people contact us to properly dispose of the seeds."

Topics: China, Weird, Environment, US News