In article ,
"Kate Morgan" writes:
| ...
| I have several clumps of wild sorrel which is throwing up flower
| shoots, they seem to be growing several inches a day.
| I am wondering if they are edible whilst they are still in the "Spur"?
| Has anyone tried them?
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| I have never tried to eat them but my old horse used to love sorrel, he
| would eat right down to the roots. It is said to be poisonous to horses but
| it never did him any harm

Any herbivore that is excessively sensitive to oxalic acid was purged
from the evolutionary tree long ago. It's the quantity that is the
issue - too much is poisonous to humans, too.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.