How I Legally Grew Illegal Pink Pineapple Seeds

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  • @originalsupermommy
    @originalsupermommy 4 місяці тому +36

    Pineapple seeds need to ferment in the fruit & rind pulp to germinate better, kinda like tomato seeds fresh from fruit. There is an awesome vid on YT about growing Pineapple from seeds. Good Luck, Grow it UP! ❤

    • @Nikonfanboy1982
      @Nikonfanboy1982 3 місяці тому +1

      Thank you for sharing this. this comment should be pinned.

  • @LifeTransPlanet
    @LifeTransPlanet 2 місяці тому +17

    THIS is why I am against GMOs. The fact that they can patent lifeforms and even legally go after people for growing and selling food. The world is insane.

    • @lemontea128
      @lemontea128 Місяць тому +1

      Apparently you don’t know nor understand the time, effort and cost it takes to create new varieties. And patents have do have expiration dates

  • @bethysbarn
    @bethysbarn 5 місяців тому +91

    The world is insane! How can growing a pineapple be illegal 😂🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ thank you so much for the tips for moving plants in for winter! 🥰❤️❤️❤️ I have a poor plant that’s older than me that I didn’t bring in quick enough and it’s not looking its best, I’m going to see if I can give it a little boost with some of your suggestions, my hubby also was so mad cuz I brought the whole pot in and we had a few slugs that went cray cray all up our kitchen window 😬🤦‍♀️

    • @AB-C1
      @AB-C1 5 місяців тому +4

      PROBABLY more because it's illegal to grow uncontrolled! (I'd certainly not want to eat something along those lines) GM food is heading down a BAD path!

    • @trishamarie
      @trishamarie 5 місяців тому +1

      @@AB-C1😂😂😂😂

    • @morningglory10
      @morningglory10 5 місяців тому +25

      ​@@AB-C1 No, it's illegal because it's patented. You can grow it all you want as long as you don't make money off it.

    • @oakmaiden2133
      @oakmaiden2133 5 місяців тому +10

      Imagine developing a product, putting in time, money ect. Getting a patent, then someone copies you. 😢

    • @cowsagainstcapitalism347
      @cowsagainstcapitalism347 5 місяців тому

      ​@@oakmaiden2133 Imagine thinking just because you were the first to do something, everyone who follows owes you royalties. Plant genetics belong to no one.

  • @heelrunner
    @heelrunner 5 місяців тому +17

    Somehow, youtube unsubscribed me from you, and just now i thought about how your pineapples were doing. Lo and behold, you uploaded a video 9 hrs ago. Lol

  • @Mystic_Light
    @Mystic_Light 4 місяці тому +4

    You might have planted the seeds prematurely. They need at least six months to germinate. They needed the two more months for the root to shed the shell. Try germinating them in a bright, sunny, warm location. You might need to lay some plastic over the paper towel to conserve the heat and moisture. Try to mimic the conditions of their native area as closely possible.

  • @jayadaradhika1408
    @jayadaradhika1408 4 місяці тому +4

    I started growing my own pineapple plants from the crowns. It took 2 years for the first one to fruit and, boy!, was it sweet and tasty. Pretty much the best I ever had! It was unbelievably good!

  • @crazysquirrel9425
    @crazysquirrel9425 4 місяці тому +28

    If I buy them then they are MINE to do with as I will. I never consented to be bound by any copyright or patent laws.

    • @carrion1234
      @carrion1234 4 місяці тому +9

      while i support you doing as you please, i hope you know that's not how laws work

    • @crazysquirrel9425
      @crazysquirrel9425 4 місяці тому

      @@carrion1234 If you cannot say NO to laws made by man, you are a slave.
      Where did anyone personally give informed consent to be bound by ANY of man's made laws?

    • @BeltFedToys
      @BeltFedToys 4 місяці тому +9

      You usually can grow, copy and use copy righted or patented products for personal use. The moment you use it to profit from it without permission from the creator or owner of said protected item you are breaking the law.

    • @Brad_Double_U
      @Brad_Double_U Місяць тому +1

      Beware the pineapple police 😂

  • @maryschade1906
    @maryschade1906 5 місяців тому +11

    No they arent and its Genetically engineered. Pink pineapples are genetically modified fruit that stay pink and sweeter than yellow pineapples. GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are crops produced using a precise method of plant breeding to achieve desirable traits. Desirable traits include resistance to pests or non-browning produce to reduce food waste. In this case, the desirable traits of the pink pineapples include sweetness and its deep pink color.

    • @davidpaylor5666
      @davidpaylor5666 3 місяці тому

      GMOs are made by splicing genetic material from other species into another to produce specific outcomes, they are NOT bred. Precise methods of breeding are just that, you put pollen from a desirable plant into the flowers of another and grow out the seeds or you clone (or, as gardeners call it, take cuttings from) especially desirable plants.

    • @seanoneill2567
      @seanoneill2567 Місяць тому

      No to gmo foods

  • @KNESBEY
    @KNESBEY 3 місяці тому +2

    "All the way down here in Canada"... even though Canada is arguably one of the most farthest North reaching countries. LMAO 😂

  • @gamecock2465
    @gamecock2465 4 місяці тому +3

    I definitely want to try to grow pineapple from seed now. I’ve had success with crowns but never tried the seeds but I will be trying it. If you like cooked pineapple try it on a charcoal grill with some cinnamon and brown sugar sprinkled on it, so 🔥.

  • @Cerinaya
    @Cerinaya 5 місяців тому +7

    We have several pineapples we have grown from the crowns. We trim the leaves and put them on our walled in porch we keep heated in the winter and bring them back out once the chance of frost is over.

    • @Hardstyler981
      @Hardstyler981 3 місяці тому

      Does the plant ever spread like strawberries or no?

    • @Cerinaya
      @Cerinaya 3 місяці тому

      @@Hardstyler981 No, I think we have about 4 or 5 of them and it's just the one plant in the pot. It's neat to see them bloom and make a pineapple though.

  • @tinyturnip43
    @tinyturnip43 5 місяців тому +9

    That bowl of pink pineapple kinda looks like ham👀

  • @Hardstyler981
    @Hardstyler981 3 місяці тому +2

    Question do pineapples spread themselves or how does it work? I bought a pink pineapple plant

  • @naturenurture84
    @naturenurture84 5 місяців тому +5

    We are so proud of you.

  • @zone4garlicfarm
    @zone4garlicfarm 4 місяці тому +4

    I think you are a little confused about patent protected plants. The patent means it is illegal to asexually propagate a plant without a license from the patent holder. That applies if you are growing it to sell or for your own use. Asexual propagation means root divisions, grafting and starting cuttings. Cuttings includes planting pineapple crowns. It does not mean planting seeds. Seeds are made by sexual propagation and it is legal to plant them. Just be aware that the seeds might not produce the same fruit as the parent plant.

    • @MM-tj8xj
      @MM-tj8xj 2 місяці тому +1

      Isn’t that what she said?

  • @Dizzinator2114
    @Dizzinator2114 4 місяці тому +1

    I once thought of doing this when I ordered one before.

  • @burgerking6999
    @burgerking6999 5 місяців тому +5

    I heard pink pineapples taste's more good than normal pineapples🙂👍

    • @montananerd8244
      @montananerd8244 5 місяців тому

      Color is a good indicator of flavor. Some antioxidants must be associated with certain terpenes, like how beets & red dragonfruit taste similar. Just looking at that pink I’m imagining a slight berry flavor to the pineapple, maybe a hibiscus taste…

    • @montananerd8244
      @montananerd8244 5 місяців тому +4

      Btw in English we usually say “better” instead of “more good,” it’s so hard to learn I know. More good is correct, I think, but for a few words we normally use something from very old Latin, so it becomes good/better/best. English is half Germanic, half Latin-based and 100% a mess. We apologize. And, yes, usually it is more/most plus the word. It’s only bizarre like that for a few words.

    • @cowsagainstcapitalism347
      @cowsagainstcapitalism347 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@montananerd8244Thank you for acknowledging English and German are literally %50 the same

  • @kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061
    @kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061 Місяць тому

    You can grow Pink pineapple from the crown. If you find a top with some green leaves, split it into 4, cut the middle of the crown and then take out the middle and then grow the pineapple slips as 4 new pineapple plants.

  • @jimgarofalo5479
    @jimgarofalo5479 3 місяці тому +1

    Pineapples are bromeliads, and as such do not take as much water and nutrient from the soil as non bromeliads. Best to water then into the center of the crown and add nutrients the same way. If you did not follow this, that may be the reason that your seeds failed.

  • @MineralMouse
    @MineralMouse 5 місяців тому +3

    🤩 wow!!! You did it!

  • @JordanSkinner314
    @JordanSkinner314 Місяць тому

    "Just don't sell me stuff and tell me not to grow it!" Very relatable with my army of avocado, lemon, and pineapple plants all from storebought fruit. I am halfway tempted to go look for a pink pineapple with some of the stem still left and try to propagate it... for legal reasons that's a joke (mostly)

  • @tiffany7023
    @tiffany7023 5 місяців тому +4

    If you ever get the chance, get some pink lemon seeds!

  • @jimjames4348
    @jimjames4348 Місяць тому

    Did not know they existed, now I need one. I don't think they'd grown in The UK without a greenhouse unfortunately.

  • @dreaminggreennursery
    @dreaminggreennursery 2 місяці тому +3

    It doesn’t matter if you’re going to sell them or not, You’re not still good to grow them. Unless you have permission to do so by the patent owner. You can go to the website and see the law on patented plants. Now there is no police force to police this, but by uploading this video, you just gave the patent owner all the evidence they need to prosecute you for it and win. Not trying to be a Debbie downer here, just trying to inform people so they don’t fall into the trap where they think it’s ok, as long as you don’t sell it, that is completely wrong. Same goes for propagating cuttings of plants that are patented. You cannot propagate with or without the intent to sell.

    • @samjones3106
      @samjones3106 2 місяці тому

      I doubt they would win unless she admitted it. She could just say it was a fake video.

    • @lemontea128
      @lemontea128 Місяць тому +1

      @@samjones3106she admitted it doing it on video. She can’t just say the videos fake. The burden of proof is on her.

  • @izzybella3433
    @izzybella3433 5 місяців тому +2

    I'm the 100th like! And I can't believe someone can trademark a pineapple!

    • @cowsagainstcapitalism347
      @cowsagainstcapitalism347 5 місяців тому +2

      There are thousands of copyrighted plants that are "illegal" to propagate. Most nursery flowers but only a few dozen foods. Plant genetic laws are stupid and difficult to enforce.

    • @group555_
      @group555_ 5 місяців тому +2

      right, I can't believe someone would want to profit of a product they spend a ton of time, money and effort on developing

    • @DH-iv1ut
      @DH-iv1ut 4 місяці тому

      @@group555_patents on plants are dumb

  • @joebobjenkins7837
    @joebobjenkins7837 4 місяці тому +2

    Yes, its ridiculous to think you cant regrow something but its not illegal. Its patented. So someone or entity spent the time to create a very special pineapple. So, for a period of time they are free to capitalize on their creation. So if I attempt to sell them, I do not have the right unless I get permission from the creator so they can sue me for whatever I made by selling them.
    No different than if I patented a cotton gin. If I own the patent only I can sell them or the give the rights for someone else to sell them.
    o different than

  • @alf3071
    @alf3071 17 днів тому

    does pink pineapple taste differently?

  • @larsonfamilyhouse
    @larsonfamilyhouse 3 місяці тому

    Maybe leave some fruit around the seed on a few and see if that helps sprout it? Like it would be in nature?

  • @JohnFerrerAkaEric
    @JohnFerrerAkaEric 4 місяці тому +1

    You can grow them even though they are patented. You just can't sell ones that have the same genetic sequence but the seeds likely aren't the same sequence.

  • @valeratkanta9682
    @valeratkanta9682 2 місяці тому

    Nice job❤

  • @2stupidpickles
    @2stupidpickles 5 місяців тому +1

    Very cool!

  • @Spirit_of_Areyto
    @Spirit_of_Areyto 4 місяці тому

    Little tip, you can grow four plants off of one crown. I watched some videos here on UA-cam, so check them out. The guy got 4 pineapple plants!

  • @mr.anonymous123
    @mr.anonymous123 4 місяці тому

    Vegetables produce seeds. She was probably talking about root vegetables and even root veggies produce seeds. Tho great video and nice pineapples. 👍

  • @SW-hu7qw
    @SW-hu7qw 3 місяці тому

    I love pineapple they look so cool in the wild reminds me of a giant spider

  • @Steve60638
    @Steve60638 4 місяці тому

    I can smell the pineapple from here

  • @leewatson3688
    @leewatson3688 5 місяців тому

    Germinating the seeds in a jar of water, on a heat mat, is very successfully after 3-4 wks

  • @angelwestbrook716
    @angelwestbrook716 4 місяці тому +1

    Food isnt illegal. The people monopolizing food wouldnt like it but its not illegal.

    • @lemontea128
      @lemontea128 Місяць тому +1

      😂😂😂 who said it is. It’s profiting from something that is patented is. Once the patent expires then you can relate and sell as much as you please

  • @cbuckholt13
    @cbuckholt13 4 місяці тому

    Soooo i was insanely lucky i was gifted 2 pink crowns that i absolutely will not be selling... because im obviously eating them. 😂

  • @gerardvanwilgen9917
    @gerardvanwilgen9917 4 місяці тому

    Some pineapples generally have no seeds not because they are "genetically engineered" but simply because they were not pollinated. Pineapples are naturally pollinated mostly by hummingbirds, and when they are grown in areas where there are no hummingbirds, such as Hawaii or Thailand, the fruits generally form without seeds. I suppose you could get viable seeds from pink pineapples if you managed to grow one from a top and then pollinate the flowers of the resulting plant by hand. Whether the pinkness would be retained by sexual reproduction is however uncertain.

  • @TaLeng2023
    @TaLeng2023 5 місяців тому

    Didn't knew pineapples actually have seeds. I've never seen them.

  • @Roshkin
    @Roshkin 4 місяці тому +1

    Have you tried growing a pink pineapple from the pink flesh? I thought all parts of the pineapple plant can grow a new pineapple.

  • @BK-gc1jm
    @BK-gc1jm 3 місяці тому

    Every time I wipe buys a pineapple Aldi I plan it in a pot and they always grow I went to my neighbor's house and all by his front door he had pineapple plants with pineapples on them I couldn't believe it

  • @Drawwithauto
    @Drawwithauto 5 місяців тому +2

    After watching a video on how to plant pineapple on 5 Minute Craft I put a pineapple crown in water, and it started to grow hair down there. So, I planted it in a pot and after a year there was a tiny pineapple head on it. I think that my pineapple is an early bloomer, but I highly doubt that my pineapple would mature because I haven't repotted it yet. So, do you have any tips or soil recommendation for my pineapple plsnt?

    • @susanfarley1332
      @susanfarley1332 4 місяці тому +1

      I heard it takes a long time for the pineapple fruit to mature. Probably depending on the climate but I think it might take two years? Not sure but I remember it being said. So don't give up or do something to the little developing pineapple.

    • @Drawwithauto
      @Drawwithauto 4 місяці тому

      @@susanfarley1332 You're right I planted my pineapple plant a year ago, now it has a pineapple on it.

    • @Drawwithauto
      @Drawwithauto 4 місяці тому

      @@susanfarley1332 And thank you so much for your encouraging words!

    • @susanfarley1332
      @susanfarley1332 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Drawwithauto I'm amazed it produced one so soon. You got to be doing something right! I got a couple of pineapples I started this year from pineapple tops discarded in the parking lot at Aldi's. I thought it would be fun. I have done it before but this is the first time I just stuck the tops in a pot of dirt and watered them like they were a plant. They rooted faster than the last time I tried it and that was rooting them in water. I don't know why it worked. They have grown a nice bit. Can't wait until next year. See what happens.

    • @Drawwithauto
      @Drawwithauto 4 місяці тому +1

      @@susanfarley1332 Honestly, I don't remember what I did to make it grow so fast. And that poor plant has been in a small plastic pot for a year now (I never repotted it), and somehow it got all the nutrients it wanted and the length of the pineapple discluding its crown is about 5 inches long.

  • @sahebath428
    @sahebath428 Місяць тому

    Its not illegal to grow it, its just illegal to manufacture and sell.

  • @naniwo4438
    @naniwo4438 5 місяців тому

    What’s the green juice made of?

  • @NinjaTenK
    @NinjaTenK Місяць тому

    You put the seeds in the wrong soil mix

  • @Artificial-Influencers
    @Artificial-Influencers 3 місяці тому

    Social media has social engineered people to be greedy with social media companies money. If you like and subscribe and follow as many channels as possible it cost you nothing. Every clip regardless of the content should be viral. Spread the love.

  • @danielcastaneda7366
    @danielcastaneda7366 4 місяці тому

    Because pineapple is a tropical fruit, if growing it from seed, I would lay those seeds in the damp paper towel and keep them in a warm moist location, perhaps with a humidifier. Maybe that will help the seeds sprout.

    • @peewahlau9375
      @peewahlau9375 Місяць тому

      Can I grow pineapple in Redding, California?

    • @danielcastaneda7366
      @danielcastaneda7366 Місяць тому

      @peewahlau9375 I belive so, but you'll have to check your cultural zone for yourself.

  • @williambarbier8506
    @williambarbier8506 Місяць тому

    Pinapples are no fruits. The fruits are actually the seeds and the pinapple is an inflorescence

  • @Daandegroot18
    @Daandegroot18 4 місяці тому

    You need more water on the paper 🎉😂❤

  • @jehadthegreat5326
    @jehadthegreat5326 4 місяці тому

    Shawty got hella flava fr fr

  • @JaSon-wc4pn
    @JaSon-wc4pn 3 місяці тому

    Pink pineapple pizza
    Yes please

  • @Shroomunati
    @Shroomunati 4 місяці тому

    4 months for a seed to germinate is insane

  • @drekaadela
    @drekaadela 5 місяців тому

    Great!

  • @StevinSto
    @StevinSto 4 місяці тому

    Vegtale is a culinary ary term not a botanical term.

  • @Julian_Hopf
    @Julian_Hopf 3 місяці тому +1

    You are violating the patent even if you do not sell the fruit. It is unusual, but not unheard of, for patent holders to take legal action in this kind of situation. Especially since you are publicizing it.

  • @scottlincoln9900
    @scottlincoln9900 5 місяців тому +3

    FUCK THE SYSTEM!!!!

  • @midnighttrouble4u2
    @midnighttrouble4u2 2 місяці тому

    What ever. You can grow whatever you want. Don't lie.

  • @r0-man
    @r0-man 4 місяці тому

    you are the awesomest

  • @chucktwnkid
    @chucktwnkid 4 місяці тому

    You got one to sprout? Jealous, i tried and I'm about to try again

  • @roysuggs3635
    @roysuggs3635 3 місяці тому

    Pineapples are not self fertile and therefore the seed are not true to the parents. this means if you can grow them from seed you can sell them. A color of pineapple can't be patented nor can a genetic sequence that does not exist yet. Growing from a crown is same genetic sequence, from seed is not.

  • @RI3N0
    @RI3N0 5 місяців тому

    🍍Legalize it!! 🤙

  • @ESSBrew
    @ESSBrew 4 місяці тому

    they dont have seeds not cuz they are GMO , but because they are not pollinated. THey started growing seedless pineapple by just not growing it where its pollinators live.

  • @tangok5677
    @tangok5677 3 місяці тому

    why would you want to eat gmo?

  • @BlackToneysApparel_
    @BlackToneysApparel_ 4 місяці тому

    She has patience 😢😢😢

  • @jugglesdimensions8632
    @jugglesdimensions8632 3 місяці тому

    Do you trade seeds?

  • @diannebusch2841
    @diannebusch2841 4 місяці тому

    Reason… it is a GMO fruit. Look it up!

  • @yaddayadda....9080
    @yaddayadda....9080 3 місяці тому

    When something is made by man yes it is going to have a patent…pineapples are yellow pink pineapple is genetically modified…

  • @Tamil-MusicVibe
    @Tamil-MusicVibe 5 місяців тому

    Re-uploaded

  • @DimasFajar-ns4vb
    @DimasFajar-ns4vb 3 місяці тому

    yeah no pink stinky beans and jengkol

  • @Mycol411
    @Mycol411 4 місяці тому

    Put the seeds in the tissue in the Ziploc bag in the fridge raider

  • @Kindog1223
    @Kindog1223 Місяць тому

    I do not care if it’s illegal-ish to grow them, who’s gonna know? Will there be a pineapple inspector?

  • @shadowxthevampiressofficial
    @shadowxthevampiressofficial 5 місяців тому +3

    When capitalism backfires

  • @Practicingpreparedness
    @Practicingpreparedness 4 місяці тому

    Why is pineapple pink illegal

    • @NileshKumar-uf4vh
      @NileshKumar-uf4vh 3 місяці тому +1

      Same way certain potatoes are illegal to be grown independently or sold or consumed even.
      In india PepsiCo used and won against farmers.
      Farmers usually save part of crop to re sow next season, Pepsi said all your potatoes belongs to us as per contract, and by not selling back to us and then resowing the part harvest and regrowing you're violating contract law, copyright laws etc etc etc

  • @cykad.blyatman5202
    @cykad.blyatman5202 Місяць тому

    Fuck monsanto, grow the patented plants

  • @ValsLife1
    @ValsLife1 4 місяці тому

    Will you sell me some seeds?

  • @YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND
    @YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND 2 місяці тому

    I don't want pink pineapple

  • @Nicholas.Tsagkos
    @Nicholas.Tsagkos 2 місяці тому

    What do you mean it's illegal to grow a plant?
    Plants belong to nature and all humanity, no?

    • @NinjaTenK
      @NinjaTenK Місяць тому

      When it’s genes are modified it own by that person or company

  • @nyomicasey
    @nyomicasey Місяць тому

    What accent is this

  • @hanswurstusbrachialus5213
    @hanswurstusbrachialus5213 4 місяці тому

    Ananas..

  • @keithconti6057
    @keithconti6057 4 місяці тому +1

    YOU just said patent.. THIS means GMO poison.. nope...

    • @lemontea128
      @lemontea128 Місяць тому

      Patent doesn’t mean it’s GMO. Lots of plants , fruit trees are patented. That doesn’t mean it’s GMO

  • @FoodwaysDistribution
    @FoodwaysDistribution 4 місяці тому

    Glad i can grow what ever i want here and such cretinous patented seeds nonsense are not recognised or accepted here and most of the world.....just ridiculous

  • @Everybody_playzrealyt
    @Everybody_playzrealyt 5 місяців тому

    Omg

  • @grokranfan8578
    @grokranfan8578 3 місяці тому

    I'll never understand why it's legally possible to get s patent on new grown plants, animals etc. This simply shouldn't be possible.

  • @AB-C1
    @AB-C1 5 місяців тому +5

    Thats got to be bollox about the pink pineapples.. 😂 Are they naturally Pink or GM crops? If so id rather not eat em anyway tbh

    • @melvinthebravefish9788
      @melvinthebravefish9788 5 місяців тому +8

      They are genetically modified, but so is anything that has been selectively bred/grafted. GM doesn't automatically mean chemicals/synthetic

    • @AB-C1
      @AB-C1 5 місяців тому +6

      @@melvinthebravefish9788 Generically Modified is not the same as Bred for genetic traits!! GMOs are ILLEGAL in UK and Europe.. BIG DIFFERENCE! I do know the difference and thats why I asked are they "GM Crops" as selective breeding isn't the same
      Eg. Carrots used to be Purple so I understand until they were bred differently 100-200years or so ago. That's still not GM. Many other crops the same..

    • @JasmineLaura
      @JasmineLaura 5 місяців тому +1

      I bought one because I thought it was cool…. Then regretted it because I found out it was GMO. I didn’t overly like the taste. If I wanted a pink pineapple going forward I’d try using some red beet juice to change the regular color myself 😅

    • @mikki_s1100
      @mikki_s1100 5 місяців тому

      They are GMO and have a patent, so you aren’t allowed to grow them and then sell them to others. You can grow them for yourself or others without selling them

    • @cowsagainstcapitalism347
      @cowsagainstcapitalism347 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@melvinthebravefish9788Please do not equate selective breeding and genetic modification. That's like saying my Schwinn is a Suzuki.

  • @kalakalatu
    @kalakalatu 5 місяців тому

    If they're patented, they're illegal to grow whether you sell them or not.

    • @satolemuerto9510
      @satolemuerto9510 4 місяці тому

      Only If they are the Same plant but the seeds are not a copy of the mother plant therefore they are legal