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[smerchly]

For you "planteurs" , I grow a few of these every year . The large seeds can be saved & planted in a pot before replanting . This plant grows to about 10 feet and has a stock as big as my wrist . Some of these plants have reddish coloured leaves and provide a nice shady cover for a window or in this case , our deck . There are some dangers about this plant also .......no eating the "fruit"

[chilli]

I heard terrorists grew them and refined their fruit to make a weapon.

[spottedGARRR]

chilli, on Jul 24 2010, 05:53 PM, said:

I heard terrorists grew them and refined their fruit to make a weapon.

+ smerch = organic terrorist!

[smerchly]

spottedGARRR, on Jul 24 2010, 09:36 PM, said:

+ smerch = organic terrorist!

There's a story about a guy who tipped an umbrella with a piece of this plants seed & jabbed a writer in the leg with the sharp tip , injecting the seed into the leg & killed the guy . As kids , we had to drink the oil from these seeds to ward off evil diseases like the dredded lurgy etc.

[chilli]

I always thought that stuff came off of office chair wheels

[smerchly]

chilli, on Jul 25 2010, 10:14 AM, said:

I always thought that stuff came off of office chair wheels

Yes ....an chilli came from the milk man .......

[Erik.T.]

are castor plants native to these parts?

[bigugli]

smerchly, on Jul 25 2010, 11:03 AM, said:

Yes ....an chilli came from the milk man .......

Oh My!