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06-12-2002, 01:47 PM
sacha
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Giant Hogweed
in article , MC Emily at
wrote on 6/12/02 11:31 am:
"Michael Berridge" wrote
It is a notifiable weed and it is illegal to allow it to set seed.
As is Ragwort but no one seems to know that around here - especially the
Council!!
Jaqy
We think councils have virtually given up on ragwort! However, it won't do
the harm to humans (
AFAIK
) that Giant Hogweed will. A friend of ours had a
run-in with the latter last year and was quite dreadfully ill, plus
retaining photosensitivity.
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Sacha
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