I have picked up a small piece of Laburnum 2ft long 2ft dia, and plan to cut it up. I have read that the leaves , seeds and root contain an Alkaloid poison? What bout the trunk? Any special precautions there?
Any advice would be appreciated, as I would rather not to put myself or the dog at risk
John the Laburnum (AKA Golden rain) is poisonous, wood root leaves seeds, in short entirely, so don't consume either through mouth or nose, skin contact is no problem in my experience, beautiful wood to turn, over here the plants barely survive, I have a couple of small plants, but it surely takes a hundred years to get a small tree if any at all. Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo
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It sounds like I need to be extra careful with this one, especially with only a small garden, OK its only twice the size of the workshop and that's a nice cosy design. I can stand in the middle and touch all the equipment around me :)
So its probably best to split with an axe and then turn whilst wearing respirator. And definitely no Laburnum Pie
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Yeah, the "may be fatal" part would be enough of a deterant for me.
JD
JD wrote: : On Feb 13, 10:03 am, " snipped-for-privacy@aol.com" : wrote: :> On Feb 12, 6:02 pm, Nova wrote:> John wrote: :> :> >
: Yeah, the "may be fatal" part would be enough of a deterant for me.
Aw, come on. It doesn't say "will be fatal", now does it?
-- Andy Barss
In my opinion it's one of the most attractive uk timbers with the pail cream sapwood contrasting the flecked golden green heartwood.
Duncan
And besides, everybody dies if they live long enough anyway...
...Kevin
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