Yes, I'm planning to sell plants on ebay starting this coming Saturday. I usually list plants every Sat. afternoon as auctions and they last a week. I will have some fixed price listings as well. I'm sorry to say that I'm adding a few states to the list of states I don't ship to. I will be adding TX, MS, AL, and AR to that list.

Here is a map of which states require treatment of the roots to prevent the spread of Japanese beetles, and those that don't. I dislike dealing with the insecticide and want to just sell to states that don't require that. I will be shipping to the green and grey states on the map below but not to Canada. ( never have shipped to Canada)

Some nurseries in Japanese beetle country don't have to treat with insecticide or bare -root plants because they grow their plants in a beetle proof greenhouse. I may try to get such a greenhouse but for now I don't have one.

I heard from my agriculture inspector recently and he said that in 2025 my county will be designated as infested with fire ants, so I would have to treat the roots with a certain insecticide for those or else just ship to states south of NC. I am leaning towards only shipping to states south of NC for next year. It would be a very limited number of states I can ship to but it's still lots of people in those states. I will give that a try for 2025. I am semi-retired anyway. I did propagate a good selection of roses to sell on ebay this year.

Last year some of my plants were bid up quite a bit more than usual but I suspect this year may be different.

As far as Spotted Lantern Fly goes my ag inspector says they are not in our county yet.

@erasmus_gw thanks for the heads up!!

Thank you erasmus for the update! I'm so sad I won't have a chance to bid on your beautiful roses. But I completely understand the difficulties you are facing. I'm sure there will still be plenty of eager customers awaiting your weekly auctions!