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Old 04-07-2009, 02:13 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David in Normandy[_8_] David in Normandy[_8_] is offline
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Default Vegetable foliage allergies

Spider wrote:

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?


Definitely not nettles.

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