Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
OT Query Composting Castor Beans?
I know the seeds are the most poisonous part of the plant,
but the stems/leaves (and presumably roots) are as well. Is "Castor Oil" made from that plant, as the name implies? I ask, because during WW I, many aircraft engines, "rotary engines," were lubricated with Castor Oil, which was pumped overboard rather than recirculated. Pilots could not avoid ingesting the stuff. In their memoirs, many wrote of the problems caused by the laxative properties of the oil, but none of them seem to have been poisoned by it. Can anyone explain this? Thanks. vince norris |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Composting Query | United Kingdom | |||
Composting anything was Composting ivy | United Kingdom | |||
Composting Castor Beans? | Gardening | |||
Castor oil beens seeds no longer | Plant Biology | |||
Still good? Castor Bean Seeds | Gardening |