Agave safety warning

There are some good plants out there.
I suffered a nasty hot water burn on my arm a few weeks ago.
Oh it was nasty....
Neigbors "Aloe vera" came to the rescue.
The gel from that plant was so soothing.
and I believe stopped my skin blistering.
I now have one growing in my conservatory.
I can highly recommend it as a treatment for burns.

 

giant hogweed
Thats a nasty beast.
And I believe its reportable and causes problems with contracted work on loads of sites. Came across it on one of may treatment plants.

 

you treated plants ?

 

JWK, Done that also!!!

A few years back I spent a portion of the summer doing subbed vegation cutting in xmass tree plantations. The norm was a 5 am start, work till 11.30 sunbathe till 3 then work till 8pm (it was pice work and the money was good hence the hours)

Anyhow one morning I must have hit some hog weed with the clearing saw, due to the dew it soaked through the shirt i was wearing, all was well until I stopped at 11.30, and after two hours with my top off sunbathing my chest was agony and id come out in blisters!!!

 

I was a water treatment process engineer in a previous..

 

why does domestic water in some areas taste so strongly of chlorine?

 

How long have you got for me to asnwer that?

It is true that some people are more tolerant to chlorine then others.
The industry is so closely monitored now and water companies always fear quality failures as it goes against them when its time to doll out the money.
If you really feel strongly about this, best advise is to complain. Your water should then be sampled and actioned if out of very strict parameters.
Robert

 

its not mine I just notice the difference whenever i blag a brew of someone
Is it true that if you let a glass of water stand the chlorine comes out of it ?

 

Tis true
But..
Theres always a but.
If the process uses chlorination then in time the chlorine will come out.
If the process uses Chloramination the time is longer by quite a big factor.
Now you are thinking how long?
Depends on;
type of chlorine.
teperature
surface area and probable a host of other reasons.

 

I am SOOOO glad I asked

 

Theres always more if you need it!

 

My neighbour (not the bad one) has it growing in his garden-it is indeed a beast

 

Me, with a Poncirus trifoliata that hooked me behind a ear (call me Dumbo), a bad scratch and some bleeding but nothing to compare with your misadventure. I was so cross that I gave away the plant, now that I think of it I swapped it with a small Agave macroacantha, lol.

 

Walked into a groin hight dragon tree while pruning at college:eek: