I am pretty sure that common sense would prevail here. If you need fertilizer, go buy some. If you need some herbal nettles, I am sure you can find a box of processed plant material on Amazon or somewhere similar. Every adult who has ever traveled internationally knows that at the very least import permits and phytosanitary certificates are required to import plants, plant materials and seeds into every country on the planet. Every customs form I have seen specifically asks if you are carrying plant material.
Most countries will not issue permits for plants deemed to be a noxious weed, which nettles certainly are. While I would like to think that the DR authorities would seize any such seeds coming into the country, I am not at all confident that they would catch every shipment or any seeds one might have in their pocket. Especially if the packaging is in any language other than Spanish.
To go one step further and actually plant and grow a weed or other invasive species would be an example of callous disregard for the environment and in my eyes the epitome of selfishness. I would be hard pressed to understand what would behoove someone to do something so boneheaded unless it was a last ditch effort to save their last child from the scourge of some deadly disease and only then might I be able to summon some small amount of empathy. Otherwise, I can only view such an action as a crime against the national interest and would be first in line to dropkick the perpetrator as far across the pond as possible after seizing everything they own to help curtail the spread of their little hobby garden.
Examples of invasive species both animal and plant that are damaging the environment in our home countries abound. What would possess someone to contemplate introducing or expanding the range of existing threats here on a tropical island even if you no longer consider it paradise?
I'm just saying, I don't get it.
Most countries will not issue permits for plants deemed to be a noxious weed, which nettles certainly are. While I would like to think that the DR authorities would seize any such seeds coming into the country, I am not at all confident that they would catch every shipment or any seeds one might have in their pocket. Especially if the packaging is in any language other than Spanish.
To go one step further and actually plant and grow a weed or other invasive species would be an example of callous disregard for the environment and in my eyes the epitome of selfishness. I would be hard pressed to understand what would behoove someone to do something so boneheaded unless it was a last ditch effort to save their last child from the scourge of some deadly disease and only then might I be able to summon some small amount of empathy. Otherwise, I can only view such an action as a crime against the national interest and would be first in line to dropkick the perpetrator as far across the pond as possible after seizing everything they own to help curtail the spread of their little hobby garden.
Examples of invasive species both animal and plant that are damaging the environment in our home countries abound. What would possess someone to contemplate introducing or expanding the range of existing threats here on a tropical island even if you no longer consider it paradise?
I'm just saying, I don't get it.
