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FushiagirlFushiagirl Posts: 11
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On a packet of seeds it say toxic if eaten does it the seeds are toxic or the plants when grown?

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    possibly both, what are they?



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Bright starBright star Posts: 1,153
    It could mean both. Digitalis is an example of this, I usually wear gloves when sowing or wash hands well afterwards. What is it you’re sowing?
    Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Some seeds are also coated which could be another reason for the warning ?  
  • FushiagirlFushiagirl Posts: 11
    They are foxglove and delphinium,  I was worried if my dogs ate them it would make them ill .

  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Foxglove is toxic.
    Utah, USA.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Many plants are toxic. Most dogs leave them alone. Mine always have. Do your dogs eat plants indiscriminately?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Our sheep leave foxgloves alone. They must taste bad. New lambs will often try a leaf tip, the only time we get that kind of damage, but they don't go back for more. The small amount seems to do them no harm.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    I knew of dairy cows that were addicted to foxgloves, the worse it did for them was to make them sleepy (according to the vet). My dog often self-medicates on grasses to make himself sick, I think it's natures way, as is avoiding really toxic plants.
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • Dobbin26Dobbin26 Posts: 60
    One of the plants constituents is used in heart medication. Like so many plant's there's so much we still don't know about them but many are helping to keep us alive.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Dobbin26 said:
    One of the plants constituents is used in heart medication. Like so many plant's there's so much we still don't know about them but many are helping to keep us alive.
    I 2nd what you said as I owe my life to yew trees (taxus). Taxotere chemo drug probably saved my life 25 years ago!
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
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