Looks like a corncockle
Fidgetbones - thank you - I have checked online and your are right!!
Nutcutlet I have PM'd you!
Hi ffb, I've replied
URGENT MESSAGE FOR COUNTRY DWELLERS! I'm posting this as I've been
incredibly silly today without realising it and I want to save as many people as
possible from making the same mistake. I went for a walk in the New Forest and
was enjoying watching two little foals playing together. A little further on I noticed
Ragwort growing by the path I was on and I pulled it up as I know it is very
poisonous for ponies/horses/deer etc. (I had seen an article on it in the Daily
Mail earlier in the year). In all I probably found and pulled up around ten plants.
It wasn't easy as they were quite well rooted. I disposed of them, before I got
into the car, in a place horses wouldn't be able to get to. On returning home I
did a bit of research on line and found out that you should never pull Ragwort up
unless you are wearing gloves (and preferably a face mask to protect from the
spores). It seems the poison from these plants can enter your bloodstream and
damage your liver. I don't want to be an alarmist, but at the same time I think
that probably people should be made more aware of the dangers of this very
prolific plant - especially children, who could be attracted by its bright yellow
flowers and think they would be nice to pick. Hope this is helpful to some of you.
http://www.ragwortfacts.com/ragwort-poisoning-in-humans.html
I've handled a lot of ragwort and I'm still here.
I'm so relieved you told me that Nutcutlet - there's any awful lot of very
negative stuff about that plant online and it had me worried.
I think that so long as you don't eat it you should be OK
Hi Nutcutlet - I've just PM'd you - sorry - I only just read your PM to me!
Used to pull it up all the time when I worked with horses for twenty years. Still here another twenty years on!
Hasn't affected me at all...
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Looks like a corncockle
Fidgetbones - thank you - I have checked online and your are right!!
Nutcutlet I have PM'd you!
Hi ffb, I've replied
In the sticks near Peterborough
URGENT MESSAGE FOR COUNTRY DWELLERS! I'm posting this as I've been
incredibly silly today without realising it and I want to save as many people as
possible from making the same mistake. I went for a walk in the New Forest and
was enjoying watching two little foals playing together. A little further on I noticed
Ragwort growing by the path I was on and I pulled it up as I know it is very
poisonous for ponies/horses/deer etc. (I had seen an article on it in the Daily
Mail earlier in the year). In all I probably found and pulled up around ten plants.
It wasn't easy as they were quite well rooted. I disposed of them, before I got
into the car, in a place horses wouldn't be able to get to. On returning home I
did a bit of research on line and found out that you should never pull Ragwort up
unless you are wearing gloves (and preferably a face mask to protect from the
spores). It seems the poison from these plants can enter your bloodstream and
damage your liver. I don't want to be an alarmist, but at the same time I think
that probably people should be made more aware of the dangers of this very
prolific plant - especially children, who could be attracted by its bright yellow
flowers and think they would be nice to pick. Hope this is helpful to some of you.
http://www.ragwortfacts.com/ragwort-poisoning-in-humans.html
I've handled a lot of ragwort and I'm still here.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'm so relieved you told me that Nutcutlet - there's any awful lot of very
negative stuff about that plant online and it had me worried.
I think that so long as you don't eat it you should be OK
Hi Nutcutlet - I've just PM'd you - sorry - I only just read your PM to me!
Used to pull it up all the time when I worked with horses for twenty years. Still here another twenty years on!
Hasn't affected me at all...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As already mentioned, cosmos are brilliant for bees. Mine have grown really tall this year (see pic) and have been covered in bees. I know they are not wild flowers but really easy to grow from seed and they look fabulous.