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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lime=F1o?= on August 16, 2006, 5:55 pm
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> Derek wrote ...
>> Bob Hobden wrote:
>>> Derek wrote
>>>> Can anyone help.
>>>> My beloved dried and sowed some pepper seeds.
>>>> Bell pepper I think.
>>>> The results are now in the garden but the flowers look
>>>> nothing like pepper. The seed pods/fruits have largish hairs, I have not
>>>> felt them.
>>>> I have put some photos on a temp web site in the hopes that some kind
>>>> person can enlighten us. The URL is
>>>> http://www.drivehq.com/file/ShowFolder.aspx?G=1&shareID=240987
>>> That is the wild introduced Datura stramonium, the Thorn Apple, by the
>>> look of it.
>>> Quite rare although I've been told it's can be locally common if you
>>> understand what I mean.
>>> All parts are very poisonous, wash your hands after handling especially
>>> if you get any sap on them.
>>>
>> Many thanks for the information Bob.
>> I think that we had better destroy it.
>
> No need to do that as long as you are aware of the danger, lots of plants
> are poisonous to some extent and the flowers are beautiful. The only reason
> I would destroy it would be if young children had access.
> A relative swallowed a tiny twig (don't ask!) of one of her Brugmansias
> (very closely related plant) and spent a "strange, shaky" evening with the
> specialist Toxic Plant Unit in London phoning her every 30mins to ensure she
> was OK. She survived.
>
Occasionally the grandchildren come and on of then a girl of about 8 is
an absolute terror. She runs in and around the flower beds leaving
behind her a wake of utter destruction, plants, ornaments,lights.
My beloved has now uprooted then and they have gone in the skip.
Regards
Derek
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