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KVFilms wrote:

brooklyn1;884662 Wrote:
KVFilms wrote:-

I bought a bag of Daffodil bulbs the other year, which never found
their
way into the garden, subsequently, I found them in the garage today,
dry
to more or less crumbly, flaky dust, nothing green or living about
them.

I know that Daffodils are poisonous, as living, growing, flowering
bulbs, but what about after that, when they are well beyond use as
bulbs
and are desert dry, flaky, crumbly brown remains?

Can I put them on the garden as O/M along with the grass cuttings and
manure, on ground where I grow edible veg/ fruit etc?-

Why not sell such a valuable commodity on ebay.


Too late for that. Is it safe to use as part of the organic matter? as
I'm growing edible foods on that ground. I thouhght better to use it for
something rather than send it to landfill


Thanks

That was a jolly romp. No definitive answer here I'm afraid, unless the
absence of proof is a vindication. Wild daffodils (Narcissus
pseudonarcissus - L.) are said to contain more lycorine than
domesticated daffodils. Narcissus pseudonarcissus - L. is a medical herd
used as an astringent, and an emetic.
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Narcissus+pseudonarcissus
I found no reference to soil contamination from daffodils, nor
assimilation by other plants.
Toxicity in plants isn't unusual
http://www.anapsid.org/resources/plants-ag.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/site...58186/goldfran
k_toxicology_chap114.pdf
but the toxicity doesn't seem to be transferable.

I wouldn't worry about composting the remains of your daffodils, or
using their bed for use in food crops.
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