Doesn’t mean much. Just means you technically can’t propagate and sell it. But even then if you do at small scale nothing will happen.
bongwatervegan on
Its patented
NextWarthog5083 on
Thank you! Never noticed a sticker like that before. So silly.
_Laughing_Man on
When I see this I make sure to propagate them out of spite lol
No-Proof7839 on
Remove the sticker. Victimless crime
sebastixnrubio on
A text on a sticker is not a user agreement lol not even legally binding. I’d propagate the heck out of it, yes I’m that pity.
MISSdragonladybitch on
What this means is the person who spent time ( likely several years and generations) hybridizing this gets a royalty. It’s not much, a few cents per plant, but it adds up! This is often how they make their living.
If you want to prop it for yourself, that’s fine, just don’t sell it. If you want to sell it, you can usually contact the breeder and get permission so long as they get their royalty, which is – I kid you not – somewhere between $0.03 and $0.27 per plant, in my experience. And when Costa farms is selling thousands, it adds up.
mcmonkeylove on
They can take the props from my cold dead hands! FREEEEEEEEDOM!!!
Rtheguy on
Plant breeders rights, or a small chance of a patent I would have to read up on this particular cultivar.
The reason this is a thing, and perhaps a good thing, is that developing plants is expensive. Breeding new more productive or disease resistant crops is pricey, finding or creating or inducing new houseplant breeds and species is expensive. Scaling up, developing Tissue Culture or propagation protocols for large scale commercialisation is expensive.
If once you introduce something to the public your competition can copy and distribute your work that is no way to turn a profit and really hampers R&D cost recovery. So without Plant Breeders rights the investment in plant innovation will tank.
For home copies, the company will not care. For local plant for plant trades on facebook, the company will not care. Perhaps your small etsy store will even fly under the radar and be small enough the company will not care. But if you own a nursery, expect lawyers.
Realistic-Bass2107 on
I found it in their website and it’s a Pothos, correct?
NeitherSpace on
What are they going to do, send the plant police to my house?
porsche4life on
CapaxInfini on
Damn they’re catching onto us
Rare-Crab-844 on
it’s definitely a much bigger deal when you work in plant retail- like my boss has us propagate plants where we can, but a lot of the plants we grow are patented, and if we propagated those or even collected seed in some cases, our business would get in HUGE legal trouble.
technically you still aren’t supposed to propagate off a plant you purchased for yourself either… but it’s more ethical that taking a cutting off a patented plant that you didn’t pay for.
schmeetlikr on
essentially the same funtion as “not for resale” on the individual items in a multipack of sodas or candy etc
Ok_Purchase1592 on
A sticker on a $8.99 plant is not legally binding lmao
flowersinmyteas on
That just makes me want to prop it even more 🤣
HibiscusGrower on
They won’t come after you if you propagate it to have a spare or to give to your mom. They put this on so that nurseries don’t propagate them on a large scale.
PersonalityDry5947 on
gwhite81218 on
Scientists develop cultivars of plants and then patent them. Their skill, research, resources, and time are valuable, so they would like to make some money off of the product. Think of it like renting a movie versus pirating it.
Now, they don’t worry about a plant hobbyist making a few extra plants. They care about commercial greenhouses propagating their work and making big profit off of them, as that greenhouse is now selling a unique and desirable cultivar. If that happens, the developers will see very little income. Imagine if a movie came out and people only watched the pirated version. Except these are plant scientists. They’re not exactly rolling in the dough like a film production company lol.
You will hear of greenhouses propagating patented plants and then being sued because they have effectively denied the developers their income. If a greenhouse wants to sell a patented plant, they must purchase the plant from the approved sellers first.
bgreenxo on
they gonna bust down your door and arrest you for theft!!
FloraMaeWolfe on
Welcome to plant patents.
PPAF probably means Plant Patent Applied For.
EpicGigglez on
It just means it’s patent protected and believe it or not alot of Epipremnum aureum varieties are not suppose to be propagated. Manjula being one of the biggest ones. Yet people still do it and sell them. You are one small fish in a big pond.
Jeramy_Jones on
If you propagate it they’re not gonna know about it unless you advertise that you did.
ayleidanthropologist on
Propagation prohibited, medium light tolerated
FormerOil4924 on
The propagation police will come and get ya!
fourcatsandadog on
👀 oh nooooo, a piece of the plant accidentally fell off and into this jar of water! How crazy!
Kantaowns on
Lmao fuck costa farms. Propagate away.
celestialcranberry on
Try and stop me 😈
Minflick on
I think propping for your own pleasure is fine. Propping and selling is what is against the copyright (?) laws.
brian_james42 on
Maybe it’s a species that can become invasive?
ChrisLee38 on
That just makes me want to propagate it even *harder.*
Remarkable_Peach_374 on
HAH! Fuck you. I bought this plant and now I’m going to prop it out of spite. Bitch.
PM_ME_UR_CATS_TITS on
It means it’s a good one and you definitely should.
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Doesn’t mean much. Just means you technically can’t propagate and sell it. But even then if you do at small scale nothing will happen.
Its patented
Thank you! Never noticed a sticker like that before. So silly.
When I see this I make sure to propagate them out of spite lol
Remove the sticker. Victimless crime
A text on a sticker is not a user agreement lol not even legally binding. I’d propagate the heck out of it, yes I’m that pity.
What this means is the person who spent time ( likely several years and generations) hybridizing this gets a royalty. It’s not much, a few cents per plant, but it adds up! This is often how they make their living.
If you want to prop it for yourself, that’s fine, just don’t sell it. If you want to sell it, you can usually contact the breeder and get permission so long as they get their royalty, which is – I kid you not – somewhere between $0.03 and $0.27 per plant, in my experience. And when Costa farms is selling thousands, it adds up.
They can take the props from my cold dead hands! FREEEEEEEEDOM!!!
Plant breeders rights, or a small chance of a patent I would have to read up on this particular cultivar.
The reason this is a thing, and perhaps a good thing, is that developing plants is expensive. Breeding new more productive or disease resistant crops is pricey, finding or creating or inducing new houseplant breeds and species is expensive. Scaling up, developing Tissue Culture or propagation protocols for large scale commercialisation is expensive.
If once you introduce something to the public your competition can copy and distribute your work that is no way to turn a profit and really hampers R&D cost recovery. So without Plant Breeders rights the investment in plant innovation will tank.
For home copies, the company will not care. For local plant for plant trades on facebook, the company will not care. Perhaps your small etsy store will even fly under the radar and be small enough the company will not care. But if you own a nursery, expect lawyers.
I found it in their website and it’s a Pothos, correct?
What are they going to do, send the plant police to my house?
Damn they’re catching onto us
it’s definitely a much bigger deal when you work in plant retail- like my boss has us propagate plants where we can, but a lot of the plants we grow are patented, and if we propagated those or even collected seed in some cases, our business would get in HUGE legal trouble.
technically you still aren’t supposed to propagate off a plant you purchased for yourself either… but it’s more ethical that taking a cutting off a patented plant that you didn’t pay for.
essentially the same funtion as “not for resale” on the individual items in a multipack of sodas or candy etc
A sticker on a $8.99 plant is not legally binding lmao
That just makes me want to prop it even more 🤣
They won’t come after you if you propagate it to have a spare or to give to your mom. They put this on so that nurseries don’t propagate them on a large scale.
Scientists develop cultivars of plants and then patent them. Their skill, research, resources, and time are valuable, so they would like to make some money off of the product. Think of it like renting a movie versus pirating it.
Now, they don’t worry about a plant hobbyist making a few extra plants. They care about commercial greenhouses propagating their work and making big profit off of them, as that greenhouse is now selling a unique and desirable cultivar. If that happens, the developers will see very little income. Imagine if a movie came out and people only watched the pirated version. Except these are plant scientists. They’re not exactly rolling in the dough like a film production company lol.
You will hear of greenhouses propagating patented plants and then being sued because they have effectively denied the developers their income. If a greenhouse wants to sell a patented plant, they must purchase the plant from the approved sellers first.
they gonna bust down your door and arrest you for theft!!
Welcome to plant patents.
PPAF probably means Plant Patent Applied For.
It just means it’s patent protected and believe it or not alot of Epipremnum aureum varieties are not suppose to be propagated. Manjula being one of the biggest ones. Yet people still do it and sell them. You are one small fish in a big pond.
If you propagate it they’re not gonna know about it unless you advertise that you did.
Propagation prohibited, medium light tolerated
The propagation police will come and get ya!
👀 oh nooooo, a piece of the plant accidentally fell off and into this jar of water! How crazy!
Lmao fuck costa farms. Propagate away.
Try and stop me 😈
I think propping for your own pleasure is fine. Propping and selling is what is against the copyright (?) laws.
Maybe it’s a species that can become invasive?
That just makes me want to propagate it even *harder.*
HAH! Fuck you. I bought this plant and now I’m going to prop it out of spite. Bitch.
It means it’s a good one and you definitely should.
I cut the tags off my mattress too. Fuck the man!