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Dangers of Hogweed

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  • aureliecelerieraureliecelerier Posts: 157
    Recognize it sorry? 
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    aureliecelerier said:
    Hogweed looks like cow parsley or hemlock... Any easy way to 
    hogweed doesn't look like either of those other 2. It has thick solid leaves, the others have much divided leaves


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • aureliecelerieraureliecelerier Posts: 157
    Thanks Pansyface and Nutcutlet, I definitely have some poison hemlock in my garden... I always assumed it was cow parsley... I am diverting from the initial subject sorry but what is the best way to dispose of the plants since they are highly poisonous? Just realised my 2.5 year old picked one of these not so long ago and I am absolutely horrified now!
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    they only kill you if you eat them. I grow them as ornamentals and put them on the compost heap when finished.


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • aureliecelerieraureliecelerier Posts: 157
    Thanks Nutcutlet, no risk of burn with those? Well I am glad this conversation came up anyway. I suppose I have lots of other poisonous plants in my garden (foxglove, lily of the valley) that are probably as dangerous as hemlock. ..
    Now that I know I will be very careful... not sure if I will keep them but they are indeed very pretty... 
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    as said earlier, many of that family have the possibility of affecting skin. Wearing  gloves will avoid that. They don't all do it every time 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • aureliecelerieraureliecelerier Posts: 157
    OK thanks I will! Back to hogweed now  :)
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    You called?
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • Rose121Rose121 Posts: 132
    Beautiful timing. 
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