People all across Ohio have been getting mysterious seeds in the mail. Now, the has instructions for what to do with them.
If you鈥檙e an Ohio resident and you received unsolicited seeds in the mail, officials are saying you should put them and their packaging in a Ziplock bag and send them to the US Department of Agriculture offices in Columbus, or drop the seeds off at the nearest .
is an Associate Professor at Ohio State and the Horticulture Educator at the Clark County Extension.
鈥淭his is who is doing the investigation. They want us to hold on to them until they dig deeper. Then maybe they'll come and say it's ok to destroy them or put them in the trash. Or maybe they'll want them all collected.鈥�
Even if the unsolicited seeds are just a technique, Bennett says that it鈥檚 very important that people don鈥檛 plant the seeds 鈥� just in case they come from invasive or noxious plants. She also says that if you buy seeds online, it鈥檚 important to make sure that the companies you buy from are based in the United States or Canada where they are required to follow .
Environmental reporter Chris Welter is a corps member with , a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms.
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