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Re: My first year Sweet Peas..

At 01:23 PM 5/8/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Don't worry about it. When you see the pods, just pick them. Can't say I've
>ever tasted a sweet pea pod, can't say I haven't either. The flowers are
>edible, the pod must be. The plants won't stop flowering unless you let
>these pods take over and mature. Just pick 'em as soon as you see them.

Just because the one part of a plant is edible doesn't mean all parts are.
Tomato leaves are poisonous, for example.

I remember reading somewhere that _Lathyrus_ seeds are toxic, but i can't
remember where. The information that i could find via Alta Vista says that
they can cause bone damage to horses and aneurisms (yikes!) in horses and
turkeys, but does not report toxicity in humans.

I'd say, just to be on the safe side, don't eat 'em.

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