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06-05-2008, 05:01 PM
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They can become rather numerous sometimes and need thinning out. Best to try and avoid that by chopping seed heads off before seeds are ripe. If you pull them up, wear gloves and don't get the milky sap on your skin or, especially, eyes. It can be rather caustic. |
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  If you pull them up, wear gloves and don't get the milky sap on your skin or, especially, eyes. It can be rather caustic. | A valid WARNING ! The latex can have a photosensitising effect leading to very painful blistering.
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06-05-2008, 07:28 PM
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As an eczema suffer, I've taken note! Thanks for the warnings. |
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott They can become rather numerous sometimes and need thinning out. Best to try and avoid that by chopping seed heads off before seeds are ripe. If you pull them up, wear gloves and don't get the milky sap on your skin or, especially, eyes. It can be rather caustic. | I once tasted some of that sap - it would do well in a curry if wasn't for it being toxic  |
11-05-2008, 12:05 AM
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I once tasted some of that sap - it would do well in a curry if wasn't for it being toxic
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11-05-2008, 08:40 PM
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I wouldn't go tasting sap from any Euphorbia: I think they have been used in the past for catching fish by poisoning them. My impression was that the plant which started the thread looks like Sun Spurge E. helioscopa, which I think should be rather more invasive than Mrs Robb's Bonnet. I'm plagued by the rather less attractive Petty Spurge.
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