colchicum leaves for dinner

arnold trachtenberg arnold@nj.rr.com
Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:09:01 PDT
Jim:

Please don't mention to anyone or anything  that I am growing 
cardiocrinum. 

I think that the toxic substance is metabolized by the organism and 
probably would not harm you as long as you eat  the slugs with lots of 
allium.  Although there are cases where an organism eats a toxic 
substance and then uses it as a defense mechanism against potential 
predators.

Arnold


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