"We've grown them and threw them in the compost just like anything else. Never had a problem."
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Doolittle Gardens commented on Deanna M. Horton's blog post How can I dispose of Caster Bean plants without causing a ricin out break?
Diane left a comment for Deanna M. Horton"I think you can compost or throw them away-- I heard about a doctor that tried to kill her husband with them, but she was grinding them into his food.
I have searched through most of this list and have found only 2 Utahns on it so far. I live in…"
Milli Boutwell commented on Deanna M. Horton's blog post How can I dispose of Caster Bean plants without causing a ricin out break?"Gosh, I have one, too, and I haven't even thought of how to dispose of it! I hope you get a reliable answer in this problem!"
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How can I dispose of Caster Bean plants without causing a ricin out break?
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 8:00pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
My friend gave me a caster bean plant last spring and I loved it but I don't know how to get rid of the bean pods or the plants without killing off the population of the small town I live in. LOL. Is it save to burn them or throw them in the garbage. I don't know how to dispose of them. I keep hearing how poisonous they are but no one can tell me how to dispose of them safely or if it really isn't a big deal. The olant froze lastnight and it is time to do my fall clean up and I could really use… Continue
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- At 8:52am on October 30, 2010, Diane said…
- I think you can compost or throw them away-- I heard about a doctor that tried to kill her husband with them, but she was grinding them into his food.
I have searched through most of this list and have found only 2 Utahns on it so far. I live in Logan.
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June 8, 2013 from 8am to 4pm
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"It's 1:30 in the morning and I just killed 300ish damn strawberry root weevils. The first 80 or so were on one salad burnette plant, they were all over all of those plants, also found on blueberries, lavenders, balloon flower, sage, garbage…"
Keryn ,Zone 10, Australia commented on Clare Oliva's photo
The FIRST Peony Bloom!
"Very nice Clare,is it a tuber or tree peony. I have a very nice tree peony that gives good blooms , but the ground ones are no good and wont flower, maybe my winters are not cold enough. Do you dig them up and replant or leave them in the…"
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