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Old 04-07-2009, 01:01 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Vegetable foliage allergies


"moghouse" wrote in message
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On Jul 3, 10:47 pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"David in Normandy" wrote 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.


I have noticed that runner bean flowers have an allergic effect on
bees - it brings them out in hives.

(sorry, I'll get my coat)


:~) Behive yourself!

I have heard, David, of people getting a reaction to courgette leaves, but I
don't know whether it's a toxin or not. Maybe it's just the prickliness of
the fruit causing soreness, worsened by the sun? Sometimes, it's as simple
as a concealed nettle. Have you checked?

Spider