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Can I put aconite into contractor bags, and then into Mpls garbage, or should it go to the Hennepin County toxic waste?
After the plant and roots a...
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Asked July 10, 2024, 2:35 PM EDT
Can I put aconite into contractor bags, and then into Mpls garbage, or should it go to the Hennepin County toxic waste?
After the plant and roots are dead, with no re-growth for how long?, is it safe to dig up the roots, or should I dispose of them like the cut down canes?
How can I wash the lower I used to cut the canes down?
Can the clothes I wore while cutting down the canes (neither my skin nor clothes touched the canes) be laundered like normal, only separate from other laundry?
Thank you for your help.
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
I AM NOT A POISONOUS PLANT EXPERT, WHAT IS PROVIDED IS FROM REPUTABLE SOURCES.
In Mpls. garden plants must be bagged in yard waste bags.
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/garbage-recycling-cleanup/yard-waste/
Many garden plants are poisonous or make sap that is an irritant. Yard waste handlers know this.
Aconite or Monkshood poisonings are rare and it is a common garden plant. Poisonings are usually from accidental ingestion. It should not be grown where children and pets might come in contact with it.
Wear gloves! Clothes and the mower can be washed with water to remove the aconite. Use a detergente (normal wash) on the clothes and a double rinse.
PLEASE READ ALL THE INFORMATION AT THE LINKS.
https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/aconitum-napellus-monkshood-wolfsbane-05-13-2016.aspx
https://www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/plants_and_gardening/monsters_magic_and_monkshood
https://www.friendsofeloisebutler.org/pages/plants/monkshood.html
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/aconitum/
In Mpls. garden plants must be bagged in yard waste bags.
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/garbage-recycling-cleanup/yard-waste/
Many garden plants are poisonous or make sap that is an irritant. Yard waste handlers know this.
Aconite or Monkshood poisonings are rare and it is a common garden plant. Poisonings are usually from accidental ingestion. It should not be grown where children and pets might come in contact with it.
Wear gloves! Clothes and the mower can be washed with water to remove the aconite. Use a detergente (normal wash) on the clothes and a double rinse.
PLEASE READ ALL THE INFORMATION AT THE LINKS.
https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/aconitum-napellus-monkshood-wolfsbane-05-13-2016.aspx
https://www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/plants_and_gardening/monsters_magic_and_monkshood
https://www.friendsofeloisebutler.org/pages/plants/monkshood.html
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/aconitum/
