Using Daffodil remains as part of Organic matter

 


Hi All,


I bought a bag of Daffodil bulbs the other year, which never found their
way
into the garden, subsequently, I found them in the garage today, dry
to more or
less crumbly, flaky dust, nothing green or living about them.


I know that Daffodils are poisonous, as living, growing, flowering
bulbs, but
what about after that, when they are well beyond use as bulbs
and are desert
dry, flaky, crumbly brown remains?

Can I put them on the garden as O/M along with the grass cuttings and
manure, on
ground where I grow edible veg/ fruit etc?

Thanks




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Why not sell such a valuable commodity on ebay.

 


brooklyn1;884662 Wrote:

Too late for that. Is it safe to use as part of the organic matter? as
I'm
growing edible foods on that ground. I thouhght better to use it for
something
rather than send it to landfill


Thanks




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KVFilms wrote:

   You may not get a definitive answer.

It appears that daffodils are poisonous to other plants as well as a
animals.

   It's hard to say just how harmful the alkaloids and amino acids would
be, but since it is a relatively small amount of organic matter, it
won't matter a great deal if you toss them or compost them. Safest
option is to toss them.

   I have them in large numbers here, as they are basically woodland
flowers, but they are segregated from other plant life (whether
accidentally or if they contributed to other species demise I do not know).

   Jeff

 



Jeff, can you give me a citation on the toxicity of daffodils for other
plants.
You may want to look at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycorine>  for a
description of the compound in question, lycorine. The term poisonous, I
feel, is an unfortunate term, since to me, poisonous means deadly.
Apparently, to the greater world, it means something that elicits an
unfortunate response.
The ultimate question is can this toxicity be transfered from the
daffodil to food crop, which I have tried to answer in my own post on
this subject.

Anyway, a citation, please, if you have it.

Thank you,
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