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Laurel and Monty

NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813

?? On GW yesterday did I hear Monty say that laurel has cyanide under its leaves and a man took some to the tip with a near fatal result

I am due to prune my 2 year old Porugeuse Laurel hedge for the first time in a few months

Help please amigos

Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,142

    Just don't load all the prunings into your car, leave the car for a while with the windows closed, then get in and drive it with the windows still closed.

    Transport it in the car with the windows OPEN and you'll be fine - but better still, just shred and put on the compost heap. image That's what Nutcutlet and her OH do and I can assure you they're still hale and hearty image


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





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    trueimage

    Not sure if portugal laurel is guilty anyway



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • darren636darren636 Posts: 666
    I work with cyanide.

    .sounds like a load of nonsense
  • I don't think it's a complete load of nonsense darren636 image

    http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/atoz/prunus_laurocerasus.htm 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    As with many things, common sense, take care, 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • darren636darren636 Posts: 666
    Oh come on!



    This is comedy gold!
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,041

    I never came to any harm pruning laurel.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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