Grevillia Allergy
Hi
I have a couple of Grevillias in my front garden beds. Although I love the plants, I seem to be allergic to them as I break out in itchy, dry rashes, that feel a lot like a burn, whenever I touch them. I would like to dig them out, but don't really want to have to deal with more rashes. Unfortunately I don't know anyone nearby who could remove them for me & wearing clothing covering my skin doesn't seem to help. Is there any easy way I can remove them from out of my garden? -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ |
Grevillia Allergy
It's a pity that you are suffering from these. I too get a rash but I just
tolerate it, but then we all have different tolerance levels and intensities of discomfort. Perhaps you could spray them with round-up and wait for them to dry. Hoping this would reduce the 'live' active ingredients that bother you; then toe them out with you car (if they are that big) Cheers Pete "Willow" wrote in message ... Hi I have a couple of Grevillias in my front garden beds. Although I love the plants, I seem to be allergic to them as I break out in itchy, dry rashes, that feel a lot like a burn, whenever I touch them. I would like to dig them out, but don't really want to have to deal with more rashes. Unfortunately I don't know anyone nearby who could remove them for me & wearing clothing covering my skin doesn't seem to help. Is there any easy way I can remove them from out of my garden? -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ |
Grevillia Allergy
"Willow" wrote in message ... Hi I have a couple of Grevillias in my front garden beds. Although I love the plants, I seem to be allergic to them as I break out in itchy, dry rashes, that feel a lot like a burn, whenever I touch them. I would like to dig them out, but don't really want to have to deal with more rashes. Unfortunately I don't know anyone nearby who could remove them for me & wearing clothing covering my skin doesn't seem to help. Is there any easy way I can remove them from out of my garden? -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ could you put an ad in your local paper saying that you have some lovely specimens to give away, provided any takers come and dig them out? That way someone might be able to grow them in their garden. Otherwise you would have to poison them and wait till everything is withered. Barb. |
Grevillia Allergy
"Willow" wrote in message
... Hi I have a couple of Grevillias in my front garden beds. Although I love the plants, I seem to be allergic to them as I break out in itchy, dry rashes, that feel a lot like a burn, whenever I touch them. I would like to dig them out, but don't really want to have to deal with more rashes. Unfortunately I don't know anyone nearby who could remove them for me & wearing clothing covering my skin doesn't seem to help. Is there any easy way I can remove them from out of my garden? -- Wanda aka Willow Hi Willow Do you get the rash after feeling a slight spike from the plant, i.e. Touching the tips of the leaf? Or does touching the smooth part of the leaf give you the rash? If it's the first then: The typical type Grevillea such as banksii (with the long big flowers) has very small spikes at the tips of it's leaves that if they break off in your skin will develop a rash or even a pimple where each thorn is. If it's that type don't kill it first before removing as the dead leaves only seem to make it worse. Others like rosmarinifolia(sp?) are much worse and will give anyone a rash. Removing dead ones is much safer than green ones. We had to remove many healthy rosmarinifolias last week. What we did was wait 'till a rainy day, put on a raincoat and gloves and go for it. Cut off all the branches from the base first, then dig the base out. It's about the only effective way not to get spiked and rashes, unless you can get someone else to do it. Good luck -- Remove "not" from start of email address to reply |
Grevillia Allergy
On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 13:45:37 +0800, "Willow"
wrote: Hi I have a couple of Grevillias in my front garden beds. Although I love the plants, I seem to be allergic to them as I break out in itchy, dry rashes, that feel a lot like a burn, whenever I touch them. I would like to dig them out, but don't really want to have to deal with more rashes. Unfortunately I don't know anyone nearby who could remove them for me & wearing clothing covering my skin doesn't seem to help. Is there any easy way I can remove them from out of my garden? Many people suffer from an allergy to grevilleas. Maybe you could cover them with plastic sheets then cut them off at the base. |
Grevillia Allergy
Could be, although I thought it must have been the flowers causing the rash.
Admittedly if I ever do bump into the plant, it seems to be the flowers that brush against my skin. I don't know what the subspecies is... It might be a Robyn Gordon, but I'm not sure. -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ Andrew G wrote in message ... "Willow" wrote in message ... Hi I have a couple of Grevillias in my front garden beds. Although I love the plants, I seem to be allergic to them as I break out in itchy, dry rashes, that feel a lot like a burn, whenever I touch them. I would like to dig them out, but don't really want to have to deal with more rashes. Unfortunately I don't know anyone nearby who could remove them for me & wearing clothing covering my skin doesn't seem to help. Is there any easy way I can remove them from out of my garden? -- Wanda aka Willow Hi Willow Do you get the rash after feeling a slight spike from the plant, i.e. Touching the tips of the leaf? Or does touching the smooth part of the leaf give you the rash? If it's the first then: The typical type Grevillea such as banksii (with the long big flowers) has very small spikes at the tips of it's leaves that if they break off in your skin will develop a rash or even a pimple where each thorn is. If it's that type don't kill it first before removing as the dead leaves only seem to make it worse. Others like rosmarinifolia(sp?) are much worse and will give anyone a rash. Removing dead ones is much safer than green ones. We had to remove many healthy rosmarinifolias last week. What we did was wait 'till a rainy day, put on a raincoat and gloves and go for it. Cut off all the branches from the base first, then dig the base out. It's about the only effective way not to get spiked and rashes, unless you can get someone else to do it. Good luck -- Remove "not" from start of email address to reply |
Grevillia Allergy
Forget about getting someone to transplant Grevilleas - its an
impossibility, as with most established Oz natives!. "freebird" wrote in message ... "Willow" wrote in message ... Hi I have a couple of Grevillias in my front garden beds. Although I love the plants, I seem to be allergic to them as I break out in itchy, dry rashes, that feel a lot like a burn, whenever I touch them. I would like to dig them out, but don't really want to have to deal with more rashes. Unfortunately I don't know anyone nearby who could remove them for me & wearing clothing covering my skin doesn't seem to help. Is there any easy way I can remove them from out of my garden? -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ could you put an ad in your local paper saying that you have some lovely specimens to give away, provided any takers come and dig them out? That way someone might be able to grow them in their garden. Otherwise you would have to poison them and wait till everything is withered. Barb. |
Grevillia Allergy
I too suffer from a very severe allergy to grevillea, so badly that the
only thing that at one time I had to go to hospital because the rash had gone all over my body and turned to septicaemia. (wrong spelling I am sure). Anyway, I didn't want to get rid of all of them because I love the birds that they attracted. My answer was to removed the ones that I was likely to brush past - fortunately I had a very large garden. One thing I did find over the years was that I could actually trim the Winpana Grevillea and not be affected provided that the weather was cool and I wasn't sweating!! I would always go and have a good shower after. Robyn Gordon was another matter I would put on a long sleeved shirt and rubber gloves to trim that one and I made sure it stayed at a low height so that I never had to lean against it. Again when finished it was off to the shower and then all of the clothes went straight to the wash. It is unfortunately when you get an allergy like this especially if you are an avid gardener who likes to do it yourself. Everyone told me to rip the lot out but in the end I found that I had reached a solution that worked for both the grevilleas and me!! Another quick tip. I am definitely not a person that reaches straight for the medicine chest but if you do start feeling like "they got you" an antihistamine tablet could be the answer. Speak to your local chemist. Good Luck. Sue Karratha Western Australia |
Grevillia Allergy
"Wallaby" wrote ... Forget about getting someone to transplant Grevilleas - its an impossibility, as with most established Oz natives!. Well, maybe. But someone will certainly answer her ad, come and dig them up, take them away and replant them. If they later on die, so what? She's got rid of them, which is what she wants. John. |
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