Re: [gardeners] Sadness in the Monday garden
Dan Dixon (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:22:29 -0500
George Shirley at gshirl@bellsouth.net wrote:
> Wish she had picked the cukes, squash, and eggplant before she left. I
> think I'm getting allergic to the pricklies on their leaves as I break
> out in a rash anywhere I touch them. It's gone in an hour or so but sure
> bugs me while it's there. Anyone else ever experience this?
I don't recall getting a rash but my forearms between elbow and wrist will
stay itchy for a little while after working on or picking cucerbits. Might
be some sort of histamine inducing amide in the tiny thorns on them.
Sometimes repeated contact with a plant can cause an allergy to develop.
Have you picked very many cucurbits in your life? ;)
Dan Dixon