[ficklepickle]

Yes, you are being paranoid. But, from the look of these comments, you aren't alone. The general consensus here seems to be a plausibly-deniable CCP bio-terror plot.

What is more likely: review scam or elaborate bioterrorism with an easily detectable, unreliable distribution mechanism? Never mind the complete lack of proposed harm. What is the evil plot? Destruction of the US cucumber industry?

Contrast that with the flood of fentanyl, which was/is real CCP-sponsored asymmetrical warfare with plausible deniability. Highly effective, with a side irony. Now that was an elegant way to damage a society.

That said, I hope you washed your hands after disposing of the plants. If it is Trichosanthes kirilowii (Chinese cucumber, snake gourd), the roots contain a ricin-like protein.

[mr__y]

>unreliable distribution mechanism

given the sufficient scale of operation, it could be a pretty reliable mechanism probabilistically speaking.