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Toddler and laburnum
"Rosie" wrote in message ... I have a toddler and a medium-sized laburnum tree at the back of my garden, which seems to produce a lot of seeds. How poisonous are these seeds? They do seem to get everywhere. Would I be best off getting rid of the tree? (Obviously she isn't left to wander around the garden by herself, but she does like shoving things in her mouth.) ROSIE According to a web search, as little as two seeds can produce symptoms, and most places say its poisonous, down to parania about people wondering if the wood is dangerous (well y4es but only if you eat it....) OTOH if its as deadly as reported, how come actual deaths from it appear to be incredibly rare? This looks like a reasonable reference. http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/spib/summer02.pdf I did also find a lancet ref which said that it wasnt as dangerous as had been feared. I suppose once people decide its dangerous no one is going to bother to investigate exactly how dangerous,and if a horse dies from eating loads of the stuff that is regarded as proof, rather than as proof of the stupidity and or sensitivity of horses. You might also, from a longer term POV, consider if it would be better to teach her not to eat stuff she doesnt know is good, rather than try and remove anything remotely dangerous, which is obviously impossible since you can only affect whats in your garden. If you remove the tree, how will she know not to eat the seeds from another laburnum elsewhere, or other 'pretty' berries. Maybe in a couple of years time she'll be round a friends house playing in the garden, what if they have a laburnum?,My parents drummed it into me not to eat berries off trees or bushes unless I knew they were OK, had they shorn the garden of all such plants, there would have been nothing to warn me against :-) -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks for email address |
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