Poisonous Plants - A summary

Ray Mears tried processing it to remove the oxalates, in the same way the Australian first nations process a similar plant, the cheeky yam.

Don't think he ate any but lab tests showed it had destroyed most of the spikey crystals.

 

Bumping this again as one of our member's doggies has suspected Hogweed burns to her paws

And a reminder that it's not just the Giant Hogweed that causes it, normal Hogweed does too.

 

Ah I did wonder as it's not very giant...only about 5ft when it flowers.

We're not going in the field again now. Will see what the vets say

 

Thanks @Marley Farley I'm tempted to cut a bit and take it to the vets with me and they can rule it out if needs be.

 

I had a run in with hogweed. Didn't know what it was until I tried to pull it bare handed. Immediate burning feeling made me immediately recall an article I'd read about not exposing the sap to the sjn so I immediately ran inside and thoroughly soaped and washed down my hands. About 3 minutes from grab to wash. I still ended up with painful blister as thogh I had been playing with oven elements.

Now anything that resembles it, I only approach with heavy rubber gloves.

Sorry for the typos, the overwhelming njmber of adverts are now preventing me from editing.

Anyway, p,ease just be super cautious

Now to empty cookies, again.....

 

@CanadianLori that sounds horrific....my dogs paws haven't blistered up but she has been chewing them badly and making them worse. It started a couple of months after moving house. But we have walked her in the offending field since we moved in in August.

 

Many years ago I discovered Hogweed to my cost, my hands and arms blistered. I found on another occasion (didn't learn from the first one) that contact with water made the blistering far worse.

 

Thanks for this. We walk the dogs in the woods regularly & in all honesty im not sure I'd even recognise hogweed if i saw it as a small plant, i really only associate it with the huge version! " title="Thinking " />
Im going to go googling images of hogweed......

 

Excellent words of wisdom our mandy if only teenage boys were told the same :rasp:

And not so teenage boys too I'd imagine