In message , David in Normandy
writes
Anyone else have allergies to vegetable foliage?
I've just picked some courgettes and both arms are itching all over. I
get the same reaction picking runner beans. Spouse gets a similar
response with conifer foliage.

One of the women on the allotment site is allergic to tomato foliage.

But not all irritation is due to allergies (e.g. nettle stings). I
suspect that some rashes are due to mechanical irritation

I must remember to wear a long sleeve shirt to pick runner beans. I've
planted a different variety of courgette seeds this year by accident,
the fruit are a deeper green and the leaves quite thorny - so I got
prickled as well as itches. frown They are growing fast though and
have reached the point that courgettes are being produced faster than
we can eat / freeze them. Pulled a small (10") marrow off just now.


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Stewart Robert Hinsley