Datura - poisonous
On Jul 8, 8:38*am, echinosum
wrote:
hound;855051 Wrote: Thank you all for your useful answers. I'll just treat it with respect,
and not lick my fingers after handling it. The local snails seem quite
happy to eat it, and a caterpillar is making its cocoon inside a leaf
that it has rolled up!!!
Well there are plenty of wee beasties that can happily eat death-cap
mushroom, but a mouthful is enough to kill a human. But put said wee
beasties in a jam jar with a few crushed laurel leaves, put the lid on,
and they'll soon be dead.
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echinosum
Does it contain arsenic or some such poison?
Judith
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