Re: [gardeners] Still no frost!
pennyx1@juno.com (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 00:28:12 -0500
Hi, Ron -- we have solamente uno -- only one Castor Bean plant at
the front door. Brought it back as a seedling from St.Louis, in June.
Down there they grow to about 8 or 9 feet and are 6 feet around. Here
the poor thing reached 30 inches, and took up garden floor space of
exactly
8 inches. It is NOT winter hardy here.
Today I was told that down in Mexico, these plants grow everywhere, just
as I've een told they also grow in the Los Angeles area on the wild
hillsides.
Now I know that these seeds are very poisonous, and yet the guys said
that at home they make oil out of the seeds, and use it as a skin lotion.
How can that be?
Penny, NY
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