Poisonous Plants - A summary

Hey Penny,

Thought i'd mentioned it before, i'm my own worst enemy. That 2mm tip of a foxglove leaf kept me up all night with palpitations too.

I'm sure if your neighbour is still alive, then she knows what shes picking.

 

Noooooo she's never picked them before :dh: and i have no clue whats "safe" and whats not:thumb:........so i opted out:gnthb:, and she didnt go either, after me telling her that she might want to research it a bit more, before you pick one that could be the last one you ever pick!!

Wow.....that would have been scarey with the foxglove......glad you're ok though:thmb:

 

Hey John,

I stopped my best mate eating laburnum seeds in the school playground when we were 10 ( Yep, been into botany a long time ).

He later nicked my girlfriend when we were 18, like you say, can't trust Guilfordians.

Didn't know that about solanine, cheers for that info.

 

I think we are just proving the old saying, "If you dont know what it is, DONT EAT IT".

And even if you normally eat one part of a plant, it don't mean the rest is OK to eat.

 

Thanks Marley......she figured that anything that was "white", was safe to eat:dh:.......uh don't think so!!!!

 

Best not to repeat that lesson then!

 

No, I will again, just wished he'd kept her instead of us getting married :dh:

 

There you go, Ziggy, don't marry a bloke whose life you saved:lollol:. Having eaten the Fly Agaric, what happened in the days it took you to recover. Didn't fly too high did you:hehe:

 

I think the trick with Mushrooms (in the UK) is to learn to recognise the very small number that will kill you - and then pick anything not on the list.

But I'm chicken ...