Re: [aroid-l] Care when mowing down unwanted elephant ears
- Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Care when mowing down unwanted elephant ears
- From: &* B* <j*@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:24:54 +0000
Dear Barbara,
I am sorry to hear of your misfortune. What 'elephant ear' was it, a Philodendron, Alocasia, Colocasia or Xanthosoma?? ALL may have this effect, but the only one that once 'got' to me was the leaves of the common (here in Florida) Philodendron 'selloum', I was pruning the old leaves and in a couple of hours my chest and arms were on fire!
Julius
>Yesterday I was mowing down a clump of extremely wet elephant ears that
>produce runners underground and was going to spray them with roundup >afterwards. The lawnmower blower got clogged and after stopping the machine >I laid down on the ground and reached under mower to clean out the >clippings. I forgot that elephant ears are loaded with oxalic acid. As a >result my arms and legs are on fire and have been since yesterday. It was >like being stung with thousands of red ants. I will not be doing that >again-ever!!!! >Hope this helps so that no one else makes this mistake. >Barbara >- Prev by Date: Re: [aroid-l] Rice hulls as planting media?
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