There are many that don't know it's theft, and others will argue with you that it isn't even theft to begin with once informed. So yeah this sign probably does stop some theft.

Profiting by checks notes taking dead leaves off the floor.

You monster! 😱

My wife had one like this too. It has been in water for months, not dying but not growing either. Then finally a tiny root is now shooting off - slowly!

That's the fucking government for you. They want to control who has sex with who, right down to asexual plants.

That's the type of control you exert over animals and people you want broken and under your thumb. Like a horse. Or a slave.

Yeah, sure, stabilizing a mutation of a plant takes a long time, and an asexual plant even more. But it's not original work. It's life. Patenting reproduction is one of the most absurd things I'd ever heard of. Life...uh...finds a way.

Oh man, you have no idea. There is SO much in the gardening world about copyrighted seeds and cultivars.

FREE OPEN SOURCE PLANTS!!! (FOSP)

It feels like magic yet it is entirely natural

FBI, it's this one right here!

You THIEF

I told everyone and they did the same. I think you just sparked a revolution.

my city has a native plant association that will ship you seeds for free, and has multiple free plant giveaways each year

it's a wonderful thing. I've bought from them for the past few years

We had one locally. Mostly heirloom tomatoes and other vegetables. Some would even meet up to share cuttings they just got going. Some asshole Karen complained that they could, in theory, be sharing weed seeds. The owner of the site and its less than 100 members just decided to shut down. Im pretty sure they just got each other phone numbers, but I wasn't cool enough to get on the list. (T_T) I still got that rose bush.

That's the same sort of business owners who would throw away uneaten food in restaurants and not allow employees to take it home.

The skill involved for many plants is sticking it in the ground and leaving it to do its thing.

Ask the 5 kale plants on my bathroom window. Got to transfer them to individual pots at some point. Then see if I can get a few more cuttings to make some more. Not sure how many to grow, 10-20 probably but I still need to put up bird netting in the area I plan to put them.

💜

... leafwanking?

Plant swaps (you don't have to bring anything to give yourself if you have nothing to share) are pretty popular where I live. And seed swaps in the spring.