Ordering seeds online feels wonderfully simple. A few taps, a colorful photograph of an enormous flower, and suddenly the garden has a new botanical adventure on the way. The trouble starts when that photograph shows a plant that cannot actually exist, or when the packet contains seeds that have little connection to the variety advertised….
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7 Red Flags That an Online Seed Listing May Be a Scam
A packet of seeds can look like a tiny promise in an envelope, especially when the listing shows a rose with rainbow petals, a sunflower shaped like a teddy bear, or a flower that appears to glow from the inside. The problem starts when that gorgeous picture has more to do with artificial intelligence than…
Those Beautiful Seeds You Found Online May Be Fake — Here’s How to Tell
Those beautiful seeds you found online may be fake, and the most convincing part of the listing might be the photograph. AI-generated images now make it remarkably easy for dishonest sellers to show enormous flowers, bizarre colors, impossible shapes, and plants that look as if someone crossed a rose with a fireworks display. Moneywise recently…