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POISONOUS COURGETTE WARNING

pansyfacepansyface PEAK DISTRICT DerbyshirePosts: 16,908
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A warning about possibly poisonous courgettes is contained in this thread:


https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1041809/just-my-luck#latest



Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
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  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 368
    I didn't spot the original, thanks for posting this again. That's concerning and v useful to know.
  • B3B3 Posts: 13,679
    I wonder if they'll lick them in restaurants😯
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • pansyfacepansyface PEAK DISTRICT DerbyshirePosts: 16,908
    Yes, it’s odd that the ones you get in the supermarkets and so on don’t suffer from it.

    Maybe in the packing sheds there's one unlucky soul whose job is to lick every courgette as it rolls off the line.😜
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
  • chickychicky SurreyPosts: 9,049
    Thanks for this link.  Followed your original warnings about this @pansyface .... and now it’s made the national news 🤣
    We did not inherit the earth from our grandparents.  We’re borrowing it from our children.
  • tuikowhai34tuikowhai34 Béziers, Herault, FrancePosts: 339
    I like raw courgettes, maybe I could get a job in a factory - lickin' !!

    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • pansyfacepansyface PEAK DISTRICT DerbyshirePosts: 16,908
    😊

    Perhaps my original thread should have been called Just My Lick. 🙂
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
  • pansyfacepansyface PEAK DISTRICT DerbyshirePosts: 16,908
    Product recall:

    https://www.mr-fothergills.co.uk/Product-Recall-MRF/#.XwlurcrTWhA
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 2,947
    edited 11 July
    My cougettes this year are Zucchini, but I got mine from another seedsman. Think I might still lick them just in case... That's if I ever get any - at the moment the slugs are eating them faster than they are growing!
  • pansyfacepansyface PEAK DISTRICT DerbyshirePosts: 16,908
    If you see slugs with the squitters justice will have been done.😁
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 368
    Wait, so it's only the zucchini type that this affects? Or does it affect all types (potentially), but Mr F is only recalling the zucchini type because they've specifically noted it in on that batch?

    I'm a bit confused as to whether this is a general problem that's worse this year and affects all courgette types, so I need to be careful. Or it's a general problem but is specifically affecting the Mr F zucchini type, which I don't grow so don't need to be concerned about.

    (I get that the underlying issue could exist in any courgette).
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