"Topdown" wrote in message
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I am new to this forum and indeed new to gardening having spent the last
40+ years playing with mechanical, electrical and computer things
...... Now retired ....

I have a very large (male) Yew Tree alongside and quite close to my
greenhouse, shed and garden. Parts of the tree, pollen, leaves etc blow
onto the roof of the shed and greenhouse and stay there for some time
until I clean them off.

I would like to collect rain water from the roof of the shed and
greenhouse to water the vegetable plants both in the garden and
greenhouse. The question is, is it safe to use the water that has yew
pollen and leaves have soaked in ??

The vast majority of leaves are dead and brown with only occasional
green leaves being on the roof

Many thanks ...............

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Topdown

No problem using the water for garden use, but we have a similar situation
here and our then 1 year old son got an upset stomach from playing with the
drips coming down the down pipe so it suggests that some toxicity remains
but not enough to cause real harm