anacharis substitute? (it's illegal in Maine)

The way I discover what's illegal in my state is to try to order it and the
website says, "Cannot ship to..." When I looked up anacharis, it said, "We
cannot ship this product to Vermont or Washington."

Where can you find what's banned in your state beyond that method?


--
LN in NH (new gardener in zone 5)
http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed


"Brian" wrote in message
et...
Hi there,
I have two new half-barrel ponds. I put a water lily and two
marginals
in each of them. I'd like to get some more plants, particularly something
that can provide oxygen and prevent algae. In my research, I've heard
glowing reviews of anacharis for this purpose. However, I just learned
that
anacharis is illegal in the state of Maine so I can't buy it anywhere.
(It's also illegal to put goldfish into any outdoor pond, even a barrel!)
I'm wondering if anyone has other suggestions for floating or submerged
plants that can help me round out my ecosystem. Does anyone else keep
ponds
in Maine, or are the laws too restrictive? It's a real shame, given that
there are so many natural bogs and other wetlands, that we are so
restricted
in terms of recreating one in our own yards. I growing discouraged about
the possibility of putting a more ambitious water feature in my yard with
all of these regulations.

Thanks for any tips.
Brian

LN wrote Funny, when I looked up my state, I found some plants I have in
my pond that
I bought in my own state. Hmmm.

Yup, I found frogbit for sale in my state last year, a banned plant.





k30a

On 25 Jul 2003 04:14:12 GMT
ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

LN wrote Funny, when I looked up my state, I found some plants I
have in my pond that
I bought in my own state. Hmmm.

Yup, I found frogbit for sale in my state last year, a banned plant.

k30a

So, did you turn in the dealer?

Cybe

Cybe,
I wouldn't, would you? If you look at the numbers of plants
banned in Missouri you will see why...... no way am I going
to do their police work.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Cybe R. Wizard" wrote in message
news:20030725082054.7c73606b.cyber_wizard@mindspri ng.com...
On 25 Jul 2003 04:14:12 GMT
ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

LN wrote Funny, when I looked up my state, I found some plants I
have in my pond that
I bought in my own state. Hmmm.

Yup, I found frogbit for sale in my state last year, a banned plant.

k30a

So, did you turn in the dealer?

Cybe

Cybe wrote So, did you turn in the dealer?

Nope.
At the time I didn't know it was banned
in this state.
And I wouldn't have turned them in anyway.
I'd let them know what I had found out and then they might have removed it from
sale. You want to give them the benefit of the doubt.

k30a

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:20:54 -0500, "Cybe R. Wizard"
wrote:

On 25 Jul 2003 04:14:12 GMT
(K30a) wrote:

LN wrote Funny, when I looked up my state, I found some plants I
have in my pond that
I bought in my own state. Hmmm.

Yup, I found frogbit for sale in my state last year, a banned plant.

k30a

So, did you turn in the dealer?

Cybe

That would be "biting the hand that feeds you" wouldn't it?

Cybe,
I wouldn't, would you? If you look at the numbers of plants
banned in Missouri you will see why...... no way am I going
to do their police work.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Cybe R. Wizard" wrote in message
news:20030725082054.7c73606b.cyber_wizard@mindspri ng.com...
On 25 Jul 2003 04:14:12 GMT
ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

LN wrote Funny, when I looked up my state, I found some plants I
have in my pond that
I bought in my own state. Hmmm.

Yup, I found frogbit for sale in my state last year, a banned plant.

k30a

So, did you turn in the dealer?

Cybe

Cybe wrote So, did you turn in the dealer?

Nope.
At the time I didn't know it was banned
in this state.
And I wouldn't have turned them in anyway.
I'd let them know what I had found out and then they might have removed it from
sale. You want to give them the benefit of the doubt.

k30a

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:20:54 -0500, "Cybe R. Wizard"
wrote:

On 25 Jul 2003 04:14:12 GMT
(K30a) wrote:

LN wrote Funny, when I looked up my state, I found some plants I
have in my pond that
I bought in my own state. Hmmm.

Yup, I found frogbit for sale in my state last year, a banned plant.

k30a

So, did you turn in the dealer?

Cybe

That would be "biting the hand that feeds you" wouldn't it?

On 25 Jul 2003 04:14:12 GMT
ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

LN wrote Funny, when I looked up my state, I found some plants I
have in my pond that
I bought in my own state. Hmmm.

Yup, I found frogbit for sale in my state last year, a banned plant.

k30a

So, did you turn in the dealer?

Cybe