Derek Turner wrote:
On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:01:18 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:

WikiPedia tells me that the references to it being a plant fertiliser
are the media getting stuff wrong. Looking at the chemical composition
and structure, there's no way that's a sensible plant fertiliser
(excluding it acting as a plant hormone is harder). If anyone was
selling it as a plant fertiliser that would be a scam.

Apparently it comes in a packet that says something like 'Plant food: not
for human consumption"

This is the manufacturers/suppliers covering their backs.

It is a classic piece of legal trickery. Selling it as "plant food" just
avoids various legal pitfalls. Plants cannot make use of it!

The government were just about smart enough to have banned sale for
human consumption of novel chemicals that have not been safety tested.
No such legislation protects plants.

Regards,
Martin Brown