Any Problems With Importing Vegetable Seeds?

[Carmine6]

My girlfriend is buying her little brother and his friends some rabbits the next time we go up to Isaan. I know they have some stuff that the rabbits can eat, but they might have to buy some food. Since they have a lot of farm land, I figured I'd bring some vegetable seeds so that they can grow some stuff for the rabbits. There's actually enough room on the side of the house for a small garden. I'm talking about a few packets of commercially packed seeds, so it's clear what they are.

The Thai Customs website mentions restrictions on animals and "flora". Does anyone know if seeds fall under "flora"?

[sbk]

I've never had trouble bringing in a few packets of commercially packed seeds.

However, you may find better luck growing vegetables that are more amenable to Thailand's climate, I have seen seeds available at both Makro and Big C.

They have daikons (japanese radishes) which I am sure bunnies would go for, as an example of something that would grow well here.

[Carmine6]

Thanks. I'm not really thinking I'll have problems. I was mainly wondering if I'm supossed to declare them.

The only reason I feel ok about the seeds I have is that they're packaged for Southern California and similar regions. What most people don't realize is that Los Angeles was originally basically a desert. In the valleys it regularly exceeds 100 degrees (38C) during the summer. I think with no thunderstorms, there's actually more sun exposure here. It's also very dry. We never pulled record breaking vegetables out of the garden when I was a kid, but some stuff did pretty well.

I am am going to look for some greens over there though.